Pursuant to Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on the Recognition of Educational Documents and the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended, a higher education institution decides on the recognition of educational documents issued by foreign higher education institutions in the relevant field of study.

a) Sections 33 to 35 – recognition of higher education for the purpose of continuing studies
b) Section 60 – recognition of educational documents for other purposes: for the purposes of issuing a European Union Blue Card and for the purposes of assessing the attained level of education, the procedure under Sections 33 to 39 shall apply. If, for the purpose of assessing the attained level of education, recognition of educational documents in the relevant field of study is required, the procedure under Section 33 shall apply.

The complex information on the recognition of educational documents from abroad is published on the website 
Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic
♦Recognition of the attained level of education
♦Recognition for the purpose of practising a regulated profession

You may submit an application for the recognition of an educational document in person or send it by post to the address:
Prešovská univerzita v Prešove
Útvar vzdelávania 
17. novembra 15 
080 01  Prešov

The annexes to the application include in particular:

• a copy of an identity document,

• certified copies of educational documents,

• a transcript of completed courses and passed examinations,

• a certified copy of the diploma supplement, if issued by the awarding higher education institution,

• information on prior education attained before the education that is the subject of the application

• proof of payment of the administrative fee (Slovenská pošta, eKolok)
  in the amount of €7 (if the Slovak Republic has concluded an international agreement on the mutual recognition of the equivalence of educational documents) – Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Russian Federation, People's Republic of China;
  in the amount of €40 (if the Slovak Republic has not concluded an international agreement on the mutual recognition of the equivalence of educational documents)

• proof of payment of the administrative fee: payment details ⇒price list
  amount of the fee for issuing the decision on the recognition/refusal of an educational document: 55 EUR
  bank account IBAN: SK15 8180 0000 0070 0006 6503
  constant symbol: 0311, variable symbol: 201999, note: nostrification – surname
  address: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 17. novembra 15, 080 01 Prešov
  SWIFT code: SPSRSKBA
  Bank: Štátna pokladnica, Radlinského 32, 810 05  Bratislava, Slovakia

The decision on the recognition/refusal of the educational document may be collected in person or is sent to the applicant by post as a registered letter delivered to the addressee only.
Collection of the document by another person is possible only on the basis of an officially certified power of attorney.