Recognition Process Bolivia
Bolivia
Legal Framework
Institutional actors and operational instances
Documentation required in order to initiate the recognition process
1. Letter addressed to the Minister of Education, requesting the granting of the Professional Degree, signed by the interested party. In the case of a proxy, a simple photocopy of the legal document must be attached.
2. Diploma or Professional Degree in original and photocopy, both duly legalized by the following authorities:
The university authorities of the country where the student studied.
The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country of origin where the student studied.
The Bolivian Consulate accredited in the country of origin where the student studied.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
3. The certificate of each of the subjects taken and passed: in original or photocopy, duly legalized by the following authorities:
The university authorities of the country where the student carried out his/her studies.
The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country of origin where the student studied.
The Bolivian Consulate accredited in the country of origin where the student studied.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
4. The Analytical Plans and Programs by subjects; in original or photocopy duly legalized by the following authorities:
The university authorities of the country where the student carried out his/her studies.
The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country of origin where the student studied.
The Bolivian Consulate accredited in the country of origin where the student studied.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
5. The documents that accredit the modality of graduation, original or photocopy legalized by the university authorities of the country where the student carried out his/her studies: Thesis Defense, Degree Examination, Monograph or other. When the Plans and Programs or the Certification of Subjects establish the graduation modality, it will not be necessary to present the Certificate of Graduation Modality issued by the competent authority.
6. Simple photocopy of the Identity Card of the person requesting the Professional Degree.
7. In case there are documents in a language other than Spanish, each one of them must be submitted with an official translation made by a duly accredited expert in the language to be translated, by court order.
Contact
Ministry of Education. Avenida Arce Nro. 2147 – La Paz, Bolivia UMSA
E-mail: informacion@minedu.gob.bo
Telephone: (591 – 2) 2612298.
E-mail: informate@umsa.bo
Address: Villazón N° 1995, Plaza del Bicentenario.
La Paz – Bolivia
To support ratification in Bolivia, write to:
President of the Senate: Sen. Adrónico Rodríguez Ledezma
https://twitter.com/SenadoBolivia
https://twitter.com/AndronicoRod
E-mail: andronico.rodriguez@senado.gob.bo
President of the Chamber of Deputies: Dep. Freddy Mamani Laura
https://twitter.com/Diputados_Bol
https://twitter.com/ProfeFreddyM
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