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在中国取得的学位，回国或去第三国使用时通常不会被自动承认，需要先做文件层面的验证与证明，再由目的地国的评估机构判定等效。整个过程大致分三步：查证、公证与附加证明书、学历评估。下面把每一步的材料与注意事项说清楚，并解释两个最容易被混淆的官方系统。
- 中国学历的官方查证渠道：中国境内高校颁发、已完成电子注册的学历证书，可在学信网（中国高等教育学生信息网）查询，并申请学历证书电子注册备案表或学历学位在线验证报告。境外用文单位通常先要这份可在线核验的报告，然后才进入后续认证环节。
- 教育部涉外监管信息网的作用：这个网站用于查询外国院校是否在中国教育主管部门备案，是给准备出国读书的人查学校用的，不能用来证明中国学历。方向很容易搞反：涉外监管信息网管的是“外国学校能不能认”，学信网管的是“中国学历是不是真的”。另外，教育部留学服务中心的国（境）外学历学位认证，是把境外学历拿到中国使用，同样不是给中国学历做国际认证。
- 学历认证流程：第一步，在学信网申请学历学位在线验证报告；第二步，到公证处办理学历、学位与成绩单公证，部分国家还要求无犯罪记录公证；第三步，办理附加证明书。中国自 2023 年 11 月 7 日起实施《取消外国公文书认证要求的公约》，送往缔约国使用的公文书只需办理附加证明书，由外交部或受委托的地方外办签发，无需再办使领馆领事认证；送往非缔约国仍按原有领事认证程序办理。
- 主要国家的认可情况：目前没有全球统一的自动互认机制，是否承认、承认到什么程度由目的地国决定。北美通常由专门的学历评估机构出具等效报告，例如 WES、ECE 一类机构；英国由 UK ENIC 出具可比性声明；欧洲多国的 ENIC-NARIC 中心提供类似服务；澳大利亚、新西兰、日本、韩国也各有指定或行业认可的评估渠道。用人单位、行业协会与移民部门还可能另有要求，工程、医学、教师等执业资格通常需要单独认证。
- 认证所需材料：常见组合是学位证书与毕业证书原件、完整成绩单、护照及在学期间的签证或居留许可页、证件照，以及授权声明或申请表。公证阶段一般需本人身份证明与证书原件；附加证明书阶段提交公证书并填写申请表，办理要求可在中国领事服务网或地方外办网站查询。材料清单会因用途国和接收机构不同而变化，递交前按对方清单逐项核对。
- 常见问题：英文授课项目的学位与中文授课项目效力相同，认证看学校与证书本身，不看授课语言；中外合作办学项目要确认颁发的是中方学位还是外方学位，两者路径不同；跨境远程学习获得的文凭不在中国留学服务中心的认证范围内，但如果用途是境外，仍要看目的地国评估机构的态度；毕业多年后仍可申请验证报告，只要学历已完成电子注册。
时间安排上的建议：学信网验证报告通常可以即时或数个工作日内出具，公证与附加证明书各需数个工作日，海外评估机构往往要数周。毕业当年就着手办理，比入职或申请签证前临时补办要从容得多，也能避免因为一份文件卡住整个计划。
一个容易忽略的细节：不少评估机构要求成绩单由学校直接寄送或以密封形式递交，个人拆封的成绩单可能不被接受。离校前多开几份密封成绩单，可以省掉后面跨国补件的麻烦。
本文只说明通行路径，具体材料、费用与时限以学信网、公证处、地方外办以及目的地国评估机构公布的要求为准；不同国家、不同用途（升学、执业、移民）要求差别很大，不要用一套材料应对所有场景。
以上为一般性说明，具体要求与最新规定以官方发布为准。
English
Is a Chinese Degree Recognised Abroad? Verification and Use
A degree earned in China is not automatically recognised when you return home or move to a third country. The document itself must first be verified and authenticated, and then an evaluation body in the destination country decides what it is equivalent to. The process has three broad steps: verification, notarisation with an apostille, and credential evaluation. Here is what each step involves, plus the two official Chinese systems that are most often confused with one another.
- Official verification in China: degrees awarded by Chinese institutions and electronically registered can be checked on CHSI, the China Higher Education Student Information portal, where you can request an electronic registration record or an online verification report for your qualification and degree. Overseas recipients usually ask for this verifiable report before anything else.
- What the Ministry of Education's supervision portal is for: the MOE international education supervision information website lets you check whether a foreign institution is on record with China's education authorities. It exists for people going abroad to study and cannot be used to prove a Chinese degree. The direction is easy to invert: that portal covers whether a foreign school is recognised, while CHSI covers whether a Chinese qualification is genuine. Likewise, the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) evaluates foreign qualifications for use inside China, not Chinese degrees for use abroad.
- The authentication chain: first, request an online verification report from CHSI; second, have your degree certificate, graduation certificate and transcripts notarised, with some countries also requiring a police record certificate; third, obtain an apostille. China has applied the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents since 7 November 2023, so documents destined for other contracting states need only an apostille issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or an authorised local foreign affairs office, with no consular legalisation. Destinations outside the convention still follow the earlier legalisation procedure.
- Recognition in practice: there is no global automatic equivalence. Whether a Chinese degree is accepted, and at what level, is decided by the destination country. North America generally uses specialised credential evaluation services such as WES or ECE; the UK uses UK ENIC for comparability statements; many European countries rely on their ENIC-NARIC centres; Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea each have designated or professionally recognised evaluation routes. Employers, professional bodies and immigration authorities may add their own requirements, and regulated professions such as engineering, medicine and teaching usually need separate recognition.
- Documents required: typically the original degree and graduation certificates, complete transcripts, your passport and the visa or residence permit pages covering your study period, a passport-style photo, and a consent form or application form. Notarisation generally requires identity documents and the original certificates; for the apostille you submit the notarised documents with an application form, and requirements can be checked on China's consular service website or a local foreign affairs office site. Lists vary by destination and receiving body, so work through theirs item by item.
- Common questions: degrees from English-taught programmes carry the same weight as those from Chinese-taught ones, because evaluation looks at the institution and the certificate, not the language of instruction. For joint programmes, confirm whether the award is a Chinese or a foreign degree, since the routes differ. Qualifications earned through cross-border distance learning fall outside CSCSE's scope for use in China, though for use abroad the destination evaluator's view still applies. You can request a verification report years after graduating, as long as the qualification was electronically registered.
On timing: CHSI reports are often issued immediately or within a few working days, notarisation and the apostille each take several working days, and overseas evaluators frequently need weeks. Starting in your graduating year is far calmer than scrambling before a job offer or a visa application, and it avoids one missing document holding up the whole plan.
One detail that is easy to miss: many evaluation services want transcripts sent directly by the university or delivered in a sealed envelope, and transcripts opened by the applicant may be rejected. Request several sealed copies before you leave campus and save yourself a cross-border reissue later.
This article describes the usual route only. For specific documents, fees and time limits, follow CHSI, the notary office, the local foreign affairs office and the destination country's evaluation body. Requirements differ widely by country and by purpose, whether further study, professional licensing or immigration, so do not assume one set of papers covers every scenario.
The above is general guidance only. For specific requirements and the latest rules, please refer to official announcements.
