Acuerdo de Reconocimiento Mutuo de Titulos entre la Republica de Colombia y el Reino Unido de gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte

• Coming into Force: 21 May 2019
• Type of Document: Bilateral
• Date: 02 November 2016
• Subject Matter: Educación y cultura, arte, patrimonio, títulos
• Status: Vigente

AGREEMENT

ON

THE

MUTUAL

RECoGNITION

OF

DEGREESs

THE REPUBLIC

OF

CoLOMBIA

AND

THE

UNITED KINGDOM

OF

GREAT

BRITAIN AND

NORTHERN

IRELAND

The

Republic

of

Colombia

and

the

United Kingdom of

Great

Britain

and

Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred

to

as

"the

PartiesS'

Bearing

in

mind

the

provisions

of

the

Cultural

Agreement

between

the

Government

of

the

Republic

of

Colombia

and

the

Government

of

the

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern Ireland, signed

in

London on

3rd

July 1979,

With

the

purpose

of

strengthening

ties

between

the

two

countries,

cooperating

in

the education sector, and promoting bilateral academic

mobility

In

order

to

establish

efficient

mechanisms

of

mutual

recognition

of

degrees

granted

by

the

Republic

of

Colombia

and

the

United Kingdom of

Great

Britain

and

Northern Ireland,

HAVE

AGREED

TO

THE

FOLLOWING:

ARTICLE

1

Scope

of

the

agreement

1.

The

purpose

of

this

Agreement

is

to

facilitate

the

mutual

recognitiorn of

the

degrees

referred to

in

Articles 1.3

and

1.4,

based

on

the

principle of reciprocity

2.

Each

Party

shall

keep

Designated

Contact

Points

for

the

timely

issue

of

official

statements

of comparability of

degrees

awarded

by

the

other

Partys

higher

education

institutions

referred

to

in

Articles

1.3

and

1.4.

3.

In

the

case

of

the

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern

Ireland

the

degrees included

in

this agreement are Bachelor (Honours)

degrees.

Master's

degrees

and

Doctoral

degrees

awarded

by

higher

education

institutions

listed

in

the

Education

(Recognised

Bodies) (England)

Order

2013

(including

any

institutions

listed

in

this Order,

as

it

is

amended

or

replaced

from time to time).

and

those

educational

institutions for which

the

former Council for National

Academic

Awards

was

the degree-awarding

body

from

1964

to

1993.

4.

In

the

case

of

the

Republic

of

Colombia

the

degrees

included

in

this

agreement

are

the

Profesional

Universitanio

(degree

certificates

will

read

Titulo

de

Profession .

"Profesional

en

(Subject

area

or

"Maestro

en Arts subject))

Magister /

Maestria'

and

the

"Doctor/a

degrees,

which

have

regstro

calificado

(qualified registration

status)

and

are

granted

by higher

education

institutions that

are

officially

recognised

by

the

Mirnisterio

de

Educacion

Nacional

(Ministry of

Education)

5. For

the

purpose

of this

agreement,

this recognition

must

coincide

with

the

registration

date

of

the

corresponding

degree

or institution on the relevant

istings

for

2

each

country.

6.

The

process

for

the

recognition of

degrees

will

be

conducted

on

the

basis

of

the

regulations

in

force

in

each

country,

and

according

to

the

processes

and

criteria

described

in

Annex

3

and

Annex

4

of

the

present

Agreement.

7.

For

degrees

in

fields

where

additional

requirements

exist

for

recognition

in

Colombia (listed

in

Annex

1),

and

other

degrees

that do not comply with the

requirements outlined

in

Article 1.3

and

1.4,

the

procedure currently

in

effect

in

each

country

will

continue

to

apply

8.

For

the

recognition

of

partial

or

incomplete

studies,

decisions

regarding

recognition and credit transfer

will

be exclusively at the discretion

of

the admitting

higher

education

institutions according

to

the regulations

in

force.

ARTICLE

2

Government

bodies

responsible

for

the

implementation

of

the

Agreement

and

Designated

Contact

Points

1.

The

Colombian Ministerio

de

Educación Nacional

(Ministry

of

Education)

and

the

Department

for

Business,

Energy

and

Industrial

Strategy

(BEIS) of

the

United Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern Ireland,

on

its own

behalf

and

on

behalf

of

the

Devolved

Administrations,

are

the

Designated

Government

Departments

which

shall decide

on

guidelines, adjustments and solution

mechanisms related

to

this

Agreement.

2.

The

Ministry

of Education

of

the

Republic

of

Colombia

and

the

UK

National

Recognition

Information

Centre

(UK

NARIC)

of

the

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain