Overseas academic certification

Academic degree certificates and higher education diplomas are qualification certificates issued by higher education institutions as defined by relevant laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China, international conventions concluded or acceded to by the People’s Republic of China, and relevant laws and regulations of other countries. If foreign nationals apply for a work visa in China and their educational certificates are obtained abroad, they should be authenticated by our embassy or consulate abroad, or by the embassy or consulate of the country where the applicant obtained their degree (education) in China, or by our academic certification agency.

The main contents of academic degree certification are:

（1） Provide certification for the legality of foreign academic degree certificates or higher education diploma issuing institutions;

（2） Provide authentication for the authenticity of academic degree certificates issued by universities or other higher education institutions abroad, or higher education diplomas with degree validity;

（3） Provide certification consulting opinions on the correspondence between foreign academic degrees and Chinese academic degrees;

（4） Provide certification certificates for foreign academic degrees or higher education diplomas that have passed the certification evaluation.

Handling process

The process and procedures for obtaining certification at Chinese embassies abroad:

(1) Firstly, submit the documents to the local notary public for notarization (with their signature and seal);

(2) Then submit to the provincial government for authentication (the signature of the provincial government authentication notary is genuine and valid);

(3) Finally, the Chinese consulate in the local area certifies (the consulate certifies that the provincial government seal is genuine and valid).