This guide concerns UK university degrees delivered through Amity University London. For Spanish homologation or equivalence, the Amity teaching name should be connected to the university that actually awarded the qualification. Identify that university, the complete course title and the issuer of each document before choosing a verification and legalisation route for your records.
Homologation or equivalence: choose the relevant Spanish route
Homologación seeks recognition against the Spanish qualification required for a regulated profession covered by the procedure. Declaración de equivalencia recognises academic level at Grado or Máster, with academic and administrative effects; it does not authorise practice of those professions. The appropriate application depends on your completed qualification and intended use. Neither university reputation nor an apostille guarantees recognition. Doctoral equivalence follows a separate procedure through a Spanish university.
The Ministry\’s equivalence guidance requires study equivalent to at least three full-time years (180 ECTS or equivalent) for Grado and at least one full-time year (60 ECTS or equivalent) for Máster. The official qualification must also give access to master\’s or doctoral study respectively. Meeting these minimum conditions does not guarantee approval; the actual award and evidence must be assessed.
Connect Amity\’s London teaching to the university award
Amity University (IN) London identifies the University of Greater Manchester as the awarding university for its listed UK degree programmes. Its BA (Hons) Business Management is a three-year, full-time degree.
Read the certificate and academic record together, noting the awarding university separately from the teaching institution and campus. Give Amity your programme, enrolment date and award date when asking which office holds the relevant records. If the certificate carries an older institutional name, preserve it and obtain any explanation needed to connect the award with current services. The wider Amity group\’s international identity does not determine the issuer of a London programme, or establish where an individual certificate was issued.
Document the full qualification behind an MBA top-up
The London course portfolio includes both bachelor\’s degrees and MBA programmes, including a separately described Executive MBA top-up.
If your award followed a top-up route, gather the earlier qualification and the record explaining how it contributed to the final degree. Ask for official evidence of the completed programme\’s academic level, duration and workload, including any credited earlier study. Keep a standalone earlier diploma distinct from the final MBA. Apply the UK legalisation instructions only to appropriate UK-issued records; documents issued elsewhere require the relevant origin process. Confirm those jurisdictions before preparing the complete set for official Spanish translation.
Institution sources for the document arrangements above:
Prepare the degree certificate and academic record
Check the official document requirements and assemble:
- Your degree certificate or an official certificate confirming its issuance.
- An official academic record showing programme duration, subjects passed and workload in the required form, with the institution\’s authentication. For equivalencia, a suitable Diploma Supplement may provide this information.
- Identity evidence, payment evidence where required, and any additional documents requested for your application.
Ask the university to clarify missing information. Do not invent study hours or convert credits yourself. Check that names, qualification titles and award dates agree across the records. Plan the required legalisation and official translation for both the qualification evidence and the academic record; confirm the document format before proceeding.
For equivalencia, the Ministry’s document checklist also requires a certificate from the originating institution when transferred or recognised credits exceed 15% of the total. Identify earlier study before preparing a file based only on the final award.
University verification before solicitor certification and apostille
The Spanish Ministry’s UK-specific instructions require the solicitor or notary to state explicitly that authenticity has been verified with the issuing institution. A statement that a copy matches an original is insufficient. Arrange the necessary consent and institutional verification before the certification and FCDO apostille stages. The apostille authenticates the relevant signature; the Spanish authority separately assesses the qualification.
Separate documents, bundles and electronic apostilles
Do not assume that one apostille covering both the degree certificate and transcript will meet the application requirements. FCDO guidance advises checking whether the recipient needs separate apostilles or accepts a group of documents.
Spanish guidance recognises electronic apostilles with operational verification. For the UK electronic route, the PDF must be electronically signed by a UK solicitor or notary. Preserve the original signed PDF and follow the submission instructions. The UK apostille verification service uses the apostille number and issue date. Keep these verification details legible.
Official Spanish translation
The Ministry’s translation guidance requires a complete official translation into Castilian Spanish where applicable, including the legalisations. A Spanish Ministry-appointed sworn translator (traductor jurado) is one recognised route. Arrange translation of the final prepared documents and retain the source documents alongside it.
Questions about Amity London degree recognition in Spain
Does the Amity name alone identify the country responsible for legalisation?
No. Identify the university that awarded your particular qualification and the issuer of each certificate or transcript. A London teaching location or an international group name is insufficient by itself. Confirm the appropriate document-origin process and obtain the academic evidence for the exact UK award being submitted.
Can the degree certificate and transcript use one apostille?
Confirm whether the relevant recipient accepts the proposed grouped certification before choosing a bundle. The qualification certificate and academic record serve separate evidential purposes. FCDO guidance advises checking whether each document needs its own apostille; there is no general assurance here that a bundled format meets every Spanish application requirement.
FCDO document-format guidance.
Prepare your Amity London documents with Ginkgo Advisory
Provide your Amity London course, university issuer, document-origin details and any earlier qualification contributing to the final degree.
Ginkgo Advisory can review your documents, arrange institutional verification, prepare solicitor certification and assist with paper or electronic apostilles, subject to review and confirmed scope. These services prepare the evidence for your application; the competent Spanish authority decides homologation or equivalence.
Contact Ginkgo Advisory or email info@ginkgoadvisory.com with your documents and intended Spanish procedure. We can confirm the verification route, service scope and quotation after reviewing the records.
Related guidance: UK degree homologation and equivalence in Spain; UK degree certificate and transcript apostille; UK e-apostille service.