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Madam 2019-EE-090780
FRANCY MILENA BELTRÁN BELLO
Petitioner
PARTICULAR
[email protected]
Bogotá D.C. Bogotá D.C.

Subject: Response to Right of Petition - Pre-filed application for title validation

higher education obtained abroad
Respected madam,

In a courteous manner and in response to your request, we inform you that the process for the
validation of higher education degrees provided for in Resolution 20797 of 09
in October 2017, it is carried out on a higher education degree, granted by
a foreign higher education institution or by a legally established institution
recognized by the competent authority in the respective country, to issue degrees of
higher education.

The validation of degrees is a procedure that is part of the system of

quality assurance in higher education, whereby it seeks
recognize the academic degrees obtained abroad that ensure suitability
academic of those who obtained them. The validation process implies the
conducting a comprehensive examination of the legality and academics of the studies, whose
result allows to ensure that the titles that pass the evaluation correspond to
academic programs that have official recognition by countries
of origin and may be recognized for all legal purposes within the
national territory.

On the other hand, we inform you that the process of degree validation in education
Superior from July 1, 2015, is online so that all the
information must be submitted solely and exclusively through the platform of
Validation system VUMEN at the following link:
http://convalidacion.mineducacion.gov.co/NEWCS/validacion.asp

The values established for the year 2019 are as follows:

Undergraduate Validation $ 607.000
Postgraduate Validation $ 689,800

In order to expedite the process, all requirements must be met.

established in the mentioned resolution and depending on the area of study, they must be

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meet the additional requirements:

Article 4. General documents. In addition to the documents mentioned in the

Articles 5, 6, 7, and 15 of this resolution, for the process of validation of
titles the applicant must submit, through the VUMEN platform or in the system
that defines the Ministry, the following documents:

1. Having obtained a positive concept of feasibility of the validation process, for

part of the National Ministry of Education, as stated in article 8 of the
present resolution.

2. Request form properly filled out, as established by the

Ministry of National Education.

3. Original or photocopy of the diploma of the degree, apostille seal or legalization by way
diplomatic of the document, and its translation according to what is stated in the
paragraph 1 of this article.

4. Original or photocopy of the certificate of grades. For program titles

a certificate of activities must be submitted in their place
academic research conducted during the training process issued by the
institution. The previous documents must be apostilled or legalized, along with
with its respective translation, according to what is indicated in paragraph 1 of the
present article.

5. Original or photocopy of the academic program certificate, which must

correspond with what is stated in the certificate of qualifications issued by the
training institution. If exceptionally the training institution does not issue this
certificate class, it is possible to present an official document issued by the
training institution in which the way it was developed is described
completed program. These must be accompanied by their respective translation,
agreement with what is stated in paragraph 1 of this article.

6. Photocopy of the identification document, citizenship card for the

nationals and passport or foreigner's ID for foreigners.

7. For the application for validation of graduate degrees, a photocopy must be attached.
of the undergraduate degree awarded by the approved higher education institution in
Colombia or indicate the number of the validation resolution granted by the
Ministry of National Education, if the degree was obtained abroad. It is not
it is possible to request the validation of the postgraduate degree without it having been validated.
previously the undergraduate degree, therefore, simultaneous applications are not accepted
of validation of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

8. In the case of master's and doctoral programs, the summary form must be filled out.
that will be available on the platform where the documents are submitted, where
the research, academic or innovation products that should be reported
serve as theses or degree work as a requirement to obtain the degree of
master's or doctorate, where a summary is presented in Spanish that contains the

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followingaspects:title,objectives,question,problemorhypothesisof
research, population, methodology, conclusions, results or recommendations.

In programs that do not require this type of work, a contribution must be provided.
certificate from the training institution describing the characteristics of the
product that leads to the granting of the title, attaching the documents that support it
they support, according to the type of product defined by the institution. This
The certificate must be translated in accordance with what is stated in paragraph 1 of the
present article.

Paragraph 1. The documents indicated in numerals 2°, 3°, 4°, and 7° (section 2°)
granted in a language different from Spanish, must be translated by a translator or
official interpreter in the terms of article 251 of Law 1564 of 2012. The
translation does not require an apostille or legalization by diplomatic means.

Paragraph 2. According to Law 635 of 2000, the request for validation

it implies the payment of a fee for the provision of evaluation services for the
documents. The payment of the fee does not guarantee the validation of the degree and is not
refundable.

Paragraph 3. With the submission of the application, it is understood that the applicant
he/she declares under the gravity of oath that the information and documentation
registered is true and authentic and expressly authorizes the Ministry of Education
National to carry out its verification before the respective authorities or institutions
from abroad. The Ministry of National Education will inform the
competentauthorities,theallegedalterations,inconsistenciesor
irregularities regarding the truthfulness or authenticity of the documents, in order to
determine the criminal, civil, administrative, or disciplinary responsibility that may arise
place.

Paragraph 4. For the validation process of health area degrees,

you must take into account, in addition to what is stated in this article, what is established in the
Chapter IV of this resolution.

Regarding the format of research products for master's and doctoral programs,
compliance with what is established in numeral 8 of article 4 of Resolution 20797
From 2017, a research, academic, or innovation product must be reported.
that serves as a thesis or final project as a requirement to obtain the degree
of a master's or doctoral degree, as applicable, and this format can be downloaded
in the following link:
Unable to access external links or content.

If the program you are enrolled in does not require work of this type, it should be
provide in its place a certificate from the training institution that describes the
characteristics of the product that it entails.

CHAPTER V
DEGREES THAT ARE NOT VALIDATED

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Article 17. Dual degrees and joint programs in Colombia. Due to the fact that the
the following titles are already recognized by the Colombian State, no
will be validated:

1. The degrees awarded through dual degree programs that have the same
denomination and the same educational level and where an institution participates
Colombian education.

2. The degrees awarded by joint programs, obtained by the same applicant

and where a Colombian educational institution participated.

Article 18. Own or unofficial degrees. Degrees will not be validated.

unofficial or personal university degrees, since these titles are not recognized
officially by the countries of origin.

Paragraph. Exceptionally and in accordance with the second clause of the paragraph
Article 62 of Law 1753 of 2015, can only initiate the process of
validation, and under the exclusive criterion of academic evaluation that deals with the
numeral 3 of article 11 of this resolution, those university degrees do not
official or own, to the students who were enrolled in programs
higher education, prior to June 9, 2015.

Article 19. Degrees obtained in Colombia. If during the process of

the validation of a degree obtained abroad is established that the program is
developed totally or partially, through the completion of academic activities or
in-person assistance in infrastructure located in the national territory without
authorization from the Ministry of National Education, the request will be denied
validation and a copy will be certified to the competent authorities, this in accordance with
with the provisions contained in Law 30 of 1992, Law 1188 of 2008, Law 749
from 2002, Law 1740 of 2014 and Decree 1075 of 2015.

Article 20. Honorary degrees. Recognized titles will not be validated by

causes, honors, exaltations or other circumstances that are not characteristic of a
higher education training.

Article 21. Other causes. In addition to what is established in the previous articles, the
TheMinistryofNationalEducationwillhavetheauthoritytodeterminethenon
validation of degrees when it does not meet the established criteria in the
present resolution.

Finally, regarding your inquiry about the possibility of carrying out the process of
legalization through diplomatic means at the Embassy of Colombia, we inform you that
Spain is part of the Hague Convention, therefore the documents
required for the process of validation of higher education degrees obtained
abroad, they must come with an apostille seal. For more information, you can
enter the following link:
http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/BOGOTA/en/ConsularServices/Pages/
Legalizations and Compulsions.aspx

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Any concerns about the subject will be gladly addressed in the following lines:
from Bogotá: 3078079 and from the rest of the country: 018000 91 01 22 our lines
customer service.

We attach a copy of resolution 20797 of October 9, 2017, and the manual of

user to carry out the online validation process.

Cordially,

HEYBY SAID FERRO.

General Secretariat (E)
Citizen Attention Unit

Folios: 5
Annexes 2
:
Prepared by: JAIRO AGUSTIN OSPINA REYES
Approved: HEYBY POVEDA FERRO.
Annex: Manual for Higher Validation - Citizen - 2018.pdf

Annex: RESOLUTION 20797 OF 09-10-2017 VALIDATION OF

HIGHER EDUCATION.pdf

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