Professional Certificate Recognition Requirements

Academic qualification document/s

It shall include the date of issuance, the date of graduation, the title of the certificate, and the specialization.

Academic record

indicating the program details and duration

Certificate of Practical or internship training

It shall indicate the details of the program, such as the duration, the date of joining the training and the date of completion.

Certificate of completion of training for the higher professional certificates

It shall indicate the details of the program, such as the duration, the date of joining the training, and the date of completion. (This requirement is for Doctors - Dentists - Applied Medical Science - Pharmcists)

Ministry of Education's equivalency

for Saudis who have academic qualifications from outside the Kingdom.

The verification result issued by the verification company approved by the SCFHS

For the following documents:

If the classification application is based on a bachelor’s degree only, the bachelor’s certificate must be verified.
If the classification application is based on postgraduate higher degrees, it is a must to verify the higher degrees without the need to verify the bachelor's degree.

The following qualifications are exempted from the verification requirement

Qualifications obtained by Saudis from outside the Kingdom and have been equalized by the Ministry of Education.
Qualifications issued by Professional and academic recognized entities inside the Kingdom.