The following documents are required for admission to a bachelor’s or master’s degree program:

• Application form; 
• Consent to the collection and processing of personal data; 
• A foreigner’s passport or other document certifying a stateless person with a D-13 visa for countries with a visa entry procedure issued by Ukrainian consular offices abroad on the basis of invitations for study unless otherwise provided by international agreements of Ukraine (original and 2 copies of the Ukrainian translation with notarization in Ukraine);
• Legalised document on education (certificate of complete secondary education or college diploma, bachelor’s diploma), original and 2 copies with translation into Ukrainian with notarization in Ukraine;
• Legalised supplement to the document on education (list of studied courses) (original and 2 copies with translation into Ukrainian with notarization in Ukraine);
• In the absence of information on the content of the curriculum for the previous degree (level) of higher education, credits received, course length, and academic performance in academic courses, the original and a copy of the document containing this information must be provided in the supplement to the document on education, the absence of this information makes it impossible to recognize the qualification under the document;
• Legalised academic certificate issued by a foreign or Ukrainian educational institution (in case of transfer or renewal of studies starting from the second year).

Please note: The type of legalisation (a document containing an Apostille stamp or consular legalisation, except for countries with which Ukraine has bilateral or multilateral agreements containing provisions on the recognition of documents without additional certification (without legalisation)) depends on the country whose educational institution issued the educational document.

Please see the list of countries, which will help you determine the type of legalisation that should be applied to your educational document.

If available, copies of such documents shall be submitted and the originals shall be presented:

• A permanent residence permit in Ukraine, an immigration permit to Ukraine, a diplomatic card of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, or another document confirming the right to stay in Ukraine;
• Information (certificate) on the registration of the place of residence;
• Identity card of a foreign Ukrainian;
• A certificate from the tax office on the assignment of a taxpayer registration number;
• Certificate of recognition of a foreign educational document or notification of the start of the procedure for recognition of a foreign educational document.

Please note: In accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 504 dated 05 May 2015, registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 27 May 2015 under No. 614/27059, “On Certain Issues of Recognition of Foreign Educational Documents in Ukraine”, as amended by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 784 dated 05 September 2022, and the Procedure for Recognition of Higher Education Degrees Obtained in Foreign Higher Education Institutions, the recognition of foreign educational documents for the purpose of studying or obtaining education must be completed during the first year of the holder’s studies. If the holder is studying at the preparatory faculty (department or subdivision) of a higher education institution in Ukraine, the procedure for recognition of the document must be carried out prior to the holder’s enrollment in a program for the relevant educational or educational-professional degree of higher education, as determined by the Ukrainian higher education institution.

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design provides control over the timeframe for a foreigner to submit documents for the recognition procedure.