Procedure for Authentication of Own Degrees and Academic Certificates

Once the Own Degree has finalised, the degree will be handed over on request and following payment of the corresponding fees. There is also the possibility of having it authenticated.

You may also request authentication of the academic certification.

The steps you need to follow are shown below. The documents to be presented must always be original. When the documentation is presented by a third party, said party must provide authorisation from the document owner (a notary-witnessed power of attorney that is valid in Spain).

First of all, the process to authenticate the degree or academic certification requires a request to be sent to the Secretariat General of the UPV/EHU, at the e-mail address shown below, for issue of the document which must be attached to the Own Degree or the Academic Certification to be authenticated.

certificados@ehu.es

Two separate cases must be distinguished in the authentication:

Documents targeted at COUNTRIES THAT ARE SIGNATORIES to the Hague Convention. (See countries)

The process involves two acts:

1. Recognition of the signature of the UPV/EHU Rector by Andrés M. Urrutia Badiola, Notary Public of the Society of Notaries Public of Bilbao.
   C/ Rodríguez Arias, 6 3ª planta, dpto. 1
   48008 Bilbao
   Telephone: 944 790 900 (6 líneas)
   Fax: 944 790 858
   E-mail: urrutianot@garmanur.e.telefonica.net
2. Recognition of the signature of the foregoing Notary Public by the Dean of the Society of Notaries Public, who will stamp the Hague apostille.
   COLEGIO NOTARIAL DE BILBAO:
   C/ Henao, 8
   48009 Bilbao
   Telephone: 944 240 560 / 944 240 194
   Fax: 944 232 110
   E-mail: colegio@paisvasco.notariado.org

Documents to take effect in COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT SIGNED the Hague Convention.

The process involves five acts:

1. Recognition of the signature of the UPV/EHU Rector by Andrés M. Urrutia Badiola, Notary Public of the Society of Notaries Public of Bilbao.
   C/ Rodríguez Arias, 6 3ª planta, dpto. 1
   48008 Bilbao
   Telephone: 944 790 900 (6 lines)
   Fax: 944 790 858
   E-mail: urrutianot@garmanur.e.telefonica.net
2. Recognition of the signature of the foregoing Notary Public by the Dean of the Society of Notaries Public.
   COLEGIO NOTARIAL DE BILBAO:
   C/ Henao, 8
   48009 Bilbao
   Telephone: 944 240 560 / 944 240 194
   Fax: 944 232 110
   E-mail: colegio@paisvasco.notariado.org
3. Authentication of notary documents at the Ministry of Justice.
   Plaza Jacinto Benavente Nº3 (Metro stops Sol and Tirso de Molina)
   Opening times: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   From 16 June to 15 September:
   From Monday to Friday: From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturdays: From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Telephone: 902 007 214
4. Authentication at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
   C/ Juan de Mena Nº4 (Metro stop Banco de España)
   Appointment needed through www.maec.es: Appointment for Consular Matters
   Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
   Telephone: 913 791 655 / 913 791 610 / 913 791 700
5. Recognition of the foregoing signatures by the Diplomatic or Consular Representation in Spain of the country where the document is to take effect.