If you want to work in Germany as a nursing specialist, you need recognition for your nursing qualification that you acquired in a country outside the European Union. To do this, you must apply to the competent state examination office (Landesprüfungsamt) for equivalence of your vocational qualification with the German vocational qualification for nursing. After your application has been examined, you will receive a decision stating which theoretical and practical knowledge you still need to acquire. You have the choice whether you want to take an adaptation qualification or a knowledge test.
Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg supports you in applying for the equivalence of your nursing professional qualification and offers you preparatory courses for the obligatory language examination at level B2 (CEFR).
If you decide to take the knowledge examination (Kenntnisprüfung), Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg offers an intensive course to prepare you for the knowledge examination for nurses.
If you decide to take an adaptation qualification (Anpassungslehrgang) in a German nursing institution, Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg will arrange for you an adaptation qualification in a hospital or nursing institution in Germany.
We thus promote the recognition of your professional qualifications acquired abroad and thus support your entry into the German health care system.
Overview of the qualification programmes for nursing staff
If you want to work in Germany as a nursing specialist, you need recognition for your nursing qualification that you acquired in a country outside the European Union. To do this, you must apply to the competent state examination office (Landesprüfungsamt) for equivalence of your vocational qualification with the German vocational qualification for nursing. After your application has been examined, you will receive a decision stating which theoretical and practical knowledge you still need to acquire. You have the choice whether you want to take an adaptation qualification or a knowledge test.
Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg supports you in applying for the equivalence of your nursing professional qualification and offers you preparatory courses for the obligatory language examination at level B2 (CEFR).
If you decide to take the knowledge examination (Kenntnisprüfung), Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg offers an intensive course to prepare you for the knowledge examination for nurses.
If you decide to take an adaptation qualification (Anpassungslehrgang) in a German nursing institution, Interkulturelles Centrum Freiburg will arrange for you an adaptation qualification in a hospital or nursing institution in Germany.
We thus promote the recognition of your professional qualifications acquired abroad and thus support your entry into the German health care system.
