Ukrainian degree verification: which check you need and what to do when it fails

Verification of Ukrainian education documents is run by the Information and Image Centre, a state company where I used to work, and I have handled these documents since 2013. Most verification problems I see now involve real diplomas that a check cannot match: a university that changed its name, a surname spelled two ways, a diploma missing from the database. Knowing which check is being used tells you where to look.

The four ways a Ukrainian degree is checked

Check	Who runs it	What you get	Typical users
Search in the Register of Education Documents	anyone, free, at info.edbo.gov.ua/edu-documents/	the institution and year on screen; an extract with an electronic signature on request	graduates, employers for a first check
Online verification through Digiflow	ENIC Ukraine (the Information and Image Centre), via digi-flow.com	electronic certificate in English with a unique ID and QR code, 7–20 working days	employers, recognition bodies, HR and screening companies
Primary source verification	Dataflow, EPIC and similar companies, which contact the Ukrainian institution	a verification report sent to the authority that requested it	medical councils, ministries of education in the Gulf, health authorities
Credential evaluation	WES, ICAS and other evaluators	an evaluation report, often based on documents sent from Ukraine in a sealed package	immigration and university admission in the USA and Canada

A Ministry of Education apostille is a fifth, indirect check. The Centre issues it only after confirming that the university issued that diploma to that person. You can check an apostille itself as described in this guide.

For employers and evaluators

Start with the free register search. The form is in Ukrainian: choose the level of education, enter the diploma’s series and number, and the holder’s surname, first name and patronymic in Ukrainian, exactly as printed on the diploma. If the diploma is found, the page shows the institution and the year. If nothing is found, that alone does not mean a forgery. The register started in 2012 and older diplomas were added afterwards, not always completely. Diplomas from before 2000 and some categories, such as diplomas from military universities, are not in it at all.

For an official answer, use the Centre’s online verification. A few rules from its page are worth knowing before you order:

• The holder must sign a consent to personal data processing, which you upload with the documents.
• Each document is a separate case. A diploma and its supplement are two documents, and a supplement is not verified without its diploma.
• The fee is not refunded whatever the result.
• The Centre advises asking the organisation you are preparing documents for which type of verification it accepts.

For graduates whose verification is stuck

Primary source verification companies such as Dataflow and EPIC write to the issuing institution and wait for a reply. Nigeria’s medical council, for example, asks foreign-trained graduates for stamped EPIC or Dataflow verification, and Ghana’s Medical and Dental Council has required EPIC for doctors trained abroad since 1 January 2019. When no reply comes from Ukraine, the cause is usually one of these:

• The university has been renamed, merged or moved. Several Ukrainian universities have been renamed, merged or moved to another city since 2014. A request sent to an old address or email may never reach anyone.
• The name does not match. Your name in the English part of the diploma, your passport and the verification form may be spelled three different ways. Give the verifier the spelling from the diploma as well as from your passport.
• The diploma is not in the register, or its entry has a typo, so a quick confirmation is impossible and the university has to answer from its archive.
• The archive cannot be reached, for example because it is in territory occupied by Russia.

All four can be checked, and most can be fixed in Ukraine. When verification stalls or comes back negative, I check the diploma in the register and with the university or its successor, and tell you what went wrong before you pay for a second request.

If the archive is truly unreachable, the Information and Image Centre issues statements that many verifiers and embassies accept as evidence. They are written in Ukrainian on the Centre’s letterhead and can carry a Ministry of Education apostille:

• a statement on completed education and rights, when you cannot get confirmation from the university;
• a statement of the qualification obtained and the period of study, when a lost document cannot be restored;
• a statement that the diploma cannot be verified, for diplomas whose institution’s archive is in occupied territory;
• a statement on the licence and accreditation of the institution.

A lost or damaged diploma can also be replaced with a duplicate. More on this in the guide to documents from a Ukrainian university.

WES, ICAS and other evaluators

Evaluators that want documents sent directly from the issuing country can receive them from the Information and Image Centre, which prepares packages for WES USA, WES Canada, ICAS Canada and others. Check the evaluator’s document list for Ukraine before ordering. For a Ukrainian degree the grades are in the diploma supplement, which plays the role of a transcript.

Quick answers

How can I verify a Ukrainian degree online for free?

Search for it in the public Register of Education Documents at info.edbo.gov.ua/edu-documents/. You need the level of education, the series and number of the diploma and the holder's full name in Ukrainian. The page shows the institution and the year if the diploma is in the register. Diplomas issued before about 2012 may be missing, which does not make them invalid.

Who officially verifies Ukrainian education documents?

The Information and Image Centre of the Ministry of Education and Science, which acts as ENIC Ukraine. For foreign organisations it offers online verification through its partner platform Digiflow: the result is an electronic certificate in English with a unique ID and a QR code, issued in 7–20 working days.

Why is my Dataflow or EPIC verification of a Ukrainian degree delayed?

Primary source verification depends on an answer from the Ukrainian side, usually the university. Delays typically come from a university that has been renamed, merged or relocated, a request sent to an old address, a name spelled differently from the diploma, or a diploma that is missing from the register. Most of these can be checked and fixed in Ukraine.

Does a Ukrainian diploma need an apostille before verification?

Not for verification itself, but most recognition procedures ask for both. The apostille of the Ministry of Education is issued only after the Information and Image Centre has checked the diploma, so an apostilled diploma has already passed one official check.

Sources checked on 7 November 2026: the public search of the Register of Education Documents (info.edbo.gov.ua); the Information and Image Centre (ENIC Ukraine) pages on online verification through Digiflow, statements, WES and ICAS packages, and its 12 October 2026 notice on affidavits (apostille.in.ua); the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria notices on the assessment examination for foreign-trained graduates (2026) and its primary source verification page; EPIC instructions for applicants to the Medical and Dental Council Ghana (ecfmg.org).