Can any body help me to GET A VERIFIABLE, Recognized by Ministry of higher education, Master degree in Computer science Using My PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND Prior work experience I have two AS degrees in computer science and computer programming from Regionally Accredited College in USA), and BS degree of Computer science from Saint Regis University. In addition I have 18 successful years experience in the Operation and technology, software Development (Cobol, Visual Basic, ASP, C, PowerBuilder), software engineering related to Operating system (Unix, NT), Research and developments (Tools and utility developments, Business automations), Database Administrations (Oracle, Sybase, and Ingres), System Administration & networking (Unix, NT), I am willing to submit any relevant documents upon your request, I also have several professional certificates which earned during my Career.

Hi Latif

Here you have a webpage with information about how to convalidate your university degree in Spain.
http://wwwn.mec.es/mecd/titulos/index.html
I dont know how they will be making a "convalidaci�n" with Master degree here because in Spain the "Licenciaturas" will be like a Ba or BSc plus Master, although in the last 10 years, masters were becoming popular here (in the silly posh-fashionable way), something just imported from outside mainly because they wanted to keep students busy more time and make more "bussiness" (money) with all of us.

Anyway....have a look on the link above..or just in this one where you can find all the information and steps you need to take.
http://wwwn.mec.es/mecd/jsp/plantilla.jsp?id=3&area=titulos

GOOD LUCK!!! and let us know how did you deal with it all and the final result

Cheers mate!

Iker

Convalidation seems like such a hassle. I actually heard that Spanish university systems were going to change to a 4-year BA/licenciado system for most degree programs, so that it could be more compatible with other countries, that ALSO do 4 years like England, Belgium and the USA.

I have a US BA and will get an MA from an AMerican university in SPain, but i think the current equivalent is licenciada+ 1 ano de estudios postgraduados.

The ministry of education is the best way to start.

suerte!

Last news I got from the EU are that they will be creating an standard in the EU...at the moment it seems like this in Spain and the convalidation or equivalent to other EU standars:

- Diplomado (3 years) = BA or BSc
- Licenciado (4 or 5 years)= BA or BSc + Master (cos the number of years and credits done).You got access to Phd courses. You dont need a Master to get into Phd cos the Spanish system number of years and credits with a Licenciatura is the equal to in other countries their "diplomatura" (Ba or BSC)and their Master course that they need to take if they want to get access into Phd.
- Doctorado = Phd

An a personal opinion about academic university studies in Spain compared with other EU standars are higher and harder to pass year by year. I have my own experience getting a degree in Spain and in other EU state(UK) and the system is harder in Spain.

Ok...if anyone has other views and personal experiences about this issue will be nice to hear from them too.

CHEERS!!!

So, what's the exact Spanish translation for a 4-year bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, thanks!

Some comments:

-the equivalent to a four year BSc in Spain is "Licenciatura". The person who holds a "Licenciatura" degree is a "Licenciado" or "Licenciada",

-if anyone wants to better understand the EU's education system, I will recommend a visit to Ploteus, a web portal from the European Commission,

-nor the central Government nor the regional Governments in Spain will recognize a Master degree, since, so far, these degrees are yet considered as issued only by the Universities, and not by the State (or Regions, that are, nowadays, the bodies that issue official University degrees in Spain),

-following from the previous item, there would be a way of having a Master degree recognized in Spain: go to a University and convince them to recognize it,... which would not happen, even if they issue a twin degree, because Master degrees are quite expensive, and they would not get that money,

-with regards to the Belgian system,... I would not say it has nothing to do with four year degrees, or it is similar to the UK's. I'm now living in Belgium, and it is said here that their educational system is facing a lot of problems to meet the famous Bologna requirements (which, from this academic year, are going to make recognition of degrees easier inside the EU),

-finally, just in case you are patient enough, you may try to get any degree recognized in another country of the EU (let's say the UK), which would make incredibly easier to get it recognized in another country (let's say Spain). This might be useful for degrees from the US, since, at least, you don't have to translate anything to get the recognition in the UK, and, later on, the red tape in Spain for the recognition would be much smaller,

-if you want to know more about the "Bologna Proccess" for the European Space of University Education, and you can read Spanish, visit this link.

Sorry, I forgot something about "recognitions in chain"... Most BSc-BA degrees ("licenciaturas") from any EU country must be recognized in any other,... but this is not true for all of them, or it may involve extra paper work. This is case, for example, of Pharmaceutical studies.