Legalisation is an administrative act by which a foreign public document is given validity by verifying the authenticity of the signature placed on the document and the authority signing the document. This procedure is carried out in the country of origin.     

The deadline is permanently open.

Official documents can be legalised by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and non-official documents (degrees, diplomas...) can be legalised by a notary.vació i Universitats, i els documents no oficials (títols, diplomes…) que es legalitzaran per via notarial.

- Official university degrees that are valid throughout Spain, issued by the Principal of each University. 
    - Higher education and postgraduate degrees, issued by the Ministry of Education. 
    - Official academic certifications of studies leading to obtaining the degrees mentioned in the previous sections.

The documents will always be originals, written in Spanish or bilingual text.
The academic certifications must be signed by hand or digitally and must indicate the position and full name.

Certificates issued and signed with an official electronic seal are considered equally valid, in accordance with the section 42 of the Spanish Law 40/215, of 1 October, of the Legal System of the Public Sector.

No. Signed rubrics by Order, Absence or Authorization will not be recognised.

They will be submitted in person at the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

The documents are returned on the spot.

To speed up the process of signature recognition, prior to the legalisation of documents (official university degrees, supplementary official degree certificates and personal academic certificates) you can send an e-mail with the images of these documents to the address: legalizacion@educacion.gob.es.

The subject of the message will be: “Reconocimiento de firmas” (Spanish for Signature Recognition). In the body of the message you can indicate details identifying the person who will submit the documents. If it is an academic certificate in electronic format, send only the file itself as an attachment.

Signatures of non-official degrees, certificates of studies not leading to the degree (if you have not completed all the subjects/credits leading to the degree), and university entrance exams (university entrance exams or equivalent) will not be accepted.

The Education Unit of the Government Sub-delegation in Valencia is the administrative unit responsible for processing applications for the validation of foreign degrees and studies - both university and non-university - by sending them either to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training or to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

The Education Unit of the Sub-delegation of the Government in Valencia, carries out guidance and advice tasks, since most of the people interested do not know both the procedure and the documentation to be submitted.

Documents whose content is in a language other than Spanish must be translated by a Spanish sworn translator.

If the document is intended for a country that has signed the Hague Convention:
    1.- The signature of the academic authority issuing the document will be recognised by the Principal of the Universitat de València.
    2.- The recognition of the signature by the Notary.
    3.- Recognition of the signature of the previous Notary by the Dean of the College of Notaries to which he or she belongs, who will stamp the Hague Apostille.

This procedure consists of four steps:

1.  Recognition of the signatures of the Academic Authorities issuing the document, by the Notary who knows them.
2. Acknowledgement of the signature of the previous Notary by the Dean of the Notary School to which he belongs.
3. Legalization itself:
   • Presentation to the Ministry of Justice.
   • Presentation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
4. Acknowledgement of the previous signatures at the Diplomatic or Consular Representation in Spain of the country where the document is to take effect.

Students can apply for the issuance of their degree through their Virtual Office.
The computer application allows the payment of the corresponding fees, as well as to request their delivery.

This procedure can also be done in person at the UV or through a duly authorised representative. The authorised person must provide the signed authorisation, a copy of his/her ID card and proof of his/her identity.

The withdrawal must be made in person, attaching ID or passport, at the Center where the studies were completed. For the withdrawal of the degree by third parties, the presentation of a power of attorney and a copy of the ID card of the interested party and the representative is required.

Only if authorised by a POWER OF ATTORNEY (document drawn up in the presence of a notary).
In the event that the interested party has studied on a campus other than that of the city of residence, he/she may request the delivery of the degree at any university. Residents in another town may request that the document be sent to the Provincial Directorate of Education and Science or to the Education Office of the Autonomous Community. Residents abroad may request delivery to the Consular Office closest to their place of residence, upon payment of the corresponding fees.

The student has a period of 5 years from the date of payment of the fees for the issuance of the degree to be collected from the corresponding Centre.

To obtain a duplicate of the degree in case of loss or deterioration of the original one, you must go to the corresponding Faculty where you finished your studies.
The request for a duplicate requires prior publication in the BOE (Official Spanish Gazette) of the loss of the degree (it must be published for one month) and payment of the corresponding fees.

Els títols oficials s'expedeixen únicament en castellà i valencià. Per a obtindre un document equivalent en un altre idioma ha de realitzar una traducció jurada oficial. La relació oficial de traductors jurats oficials està disponible en la pàgina web del Ministeri d'Afers exteriors.

The European Diploma Supplement (EDS) is the document that accompanies each official university diploma and is valid throughout the national territory, with unified information, personalised for each university graduate, on the studies undertaken, the results obtained, the professional skills acquired and the level of their qualification in the national higher education system. (Art.3, RD 1044/2003, of 1 August) The EDS is issued in three languages (Spanish, Valencian and English)

When requesting the university degree, the EDS is processed at the same time and the two are collected together.