Recognition of foreign educational qualification implies formal verification of the value of the foreign educational qualification, issued by the competent authority, for the purpose of accessing or continuing education.

Recognition of a period of study implies the verification of units of learning outcomes acquired abroad prior to acquiring a foreign educational qualification for the purpose of continuing education in the Republic of Croatia.

Validation of a foreign educational qualification implies determining the level, volume, profile and quality of a foreign educational qualification, as well as all the rights provided by that qualification in its country of origin.

Parties entitled to foreign educational qualifications recognition and validation are Croatian citizens, foreign citizens, persons without citizenship, asylum seekers, foreigners under subsidiary protection and foreigners under temporary protection and family members of asylum seekers or foreigners under subsidiary protection and foreigners under temporary protection who legally reside in the Republic of Croatia.