Do you have a foreign educational qualification, and do you want to know what its Dutch equivalent is? Or do you want to work or study in the Netherlands after obtaining a foreign qualification? Employers and educational institutions often ask about the level of foreign qualifications.

In the Netherlands, two centres of expertise work together on evaluating foreign diplomas Nuffic and Colo.

• Nuffic is responsible for the evaluation of qualifications at primary and (basic) secondary education level and at higher education level.

Colo is responsible for the evaluation of qualifications at vocational education level.

For information on the procedure you can contact the joint information desk of Nuffic and Colo at the Informatiecentrum Diplomawaardering (IcDW). The procedure for the application of an evaluation of your foreign diploma is explained on the IcDW website.

The contact information of the IcDW is:

Informatiecentrum Diplomawaardering (IcDW)
Postbus 7338
2701 AH ZOETERMEER
Tel: +31 79 321 79 30
Fax: +31 79 321 79 29
e-mail:  info@idw.nl
website:  www.idw.nl