Why authenticate your certificate?
The authentication of UEMS certificates ensures the legitimacy and recognition of UEMS certificates in countries requiring such procedures. It verifies the authenticity of the certificate, providing assurance to employers, educational institutions, and relevant authorities.
This procedure certifies the authenticity of the certificate as a document. It is not a legalisation of the certification, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not legalise UEMS certificates.
How to authenticate your certificate?
The next session for authentication of UEMS certificates will take place during the last quarter of 2025.
Procedure
Please read carefully the following procedure:
Incomplete applications will not be processed nor taken forward
- Send the ORIGINAL of the certificate to the UEMS Office, with REGULAR post to :
Coordination Department - UEMS
Rue de l’Industrie 24,
1040 Brussels, BELGIUM
Printed or photocopied versions of the certificate will not be accepted, as the UEMS cannot authenticate documentation that is not original.
2. Email a scanned copy of the certificate and of an identity document to coordination@uems.eu, indicating the postal address for the return of the signed document. Use "Authentication of UEMS Certificate – supporting documents" as the email subject. Provide details of the exam date and medical specialty.
3. The UEMS Office will verify exam results with exam organisers and arrange a meeting with the notary to sign confirmed certificates.
4. Once signed, original certificates will be returned to the fellow/owner of the certificate or their duly mandated representatives.
Documents are to be sent at the latest by the deadline date fixed upon the opening of new applications.
The administrative fee for this procedure is 150€, with sending costs in addition being borne by the candidate. Specify whether regular mail (up to 15€) or courier (70€) is preferred for return shipment.
After the certificate is signed, an invoice will be issued, and payment by bank transfer will be requested. Upon receipt of payment, the document will be returned.
The authentication procedure with the UEMS Notary serves solely to confirm the document's authenticity (it certifies the origin and context of the document's issuance, countersigned by the UEMS Secretary General and the UEMS Notary) .
Please note that UEMS diplomas are quality marks and do not carry legal value.
For further information, contact coordination@uems.eu