The equivalence is the assimilation of diplomas and titles delivred by an educative system of a foreign country to the diplomas and titles delivered by the tunisian educative system on the basis of a certain number of conditions such as those relating to the registration, the number of studying years, the content of the programs and the procedures of assessment of the knowledge.

The equivalence regime in Tunisia is organized by regulation texts the object of which consists, notably, in fixing the structures habilitated to deliver the equivalence as well as the criterias that constitute the ground of delivering the equivalence of diplomas and titles. It is to be precised that the different texts organizing the higher education in terms of aims and structures or in terms of studies and examinations regime, foresee the necessity of equivalence for foreign diplomas. This necessity constitutes the legal ground of the equivalence demand.

The equivalence is organized by these main texts :

- The decree n°96-519 of March 25 th, 1996, amending the regulation relating to the equivalence of diplomas and titles. (See the French version)

- The order of August 15th, 1996, fixing the criterias on the basis of which the equivalence is delivered to the diplomas and titles. (See the French version)

- The order of the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, of August 15th, 1996, fixing the criterias on the basis of which the equivalence is delivered to the diplomas and titles, as modified and completed by the order of March 28, 2002.