ENE Greece: Registration, Requirements and Fees

• Nurses with a degree from a Greek university
• Nurses with a degree from another EU country (professional recognition or automatic recognition)
• Nurses with a degree from outside the EU, after DOATAP academic equivalence
• Nursing specialties and further qualifications recorded on your application, such as a master's or doctorate

• A nursing degree with a DOATAP (formerly ΔΙΚΑΤΣΑ) decision recognising its academic equivalence, if it was awarded outside the EU.
• A copy of the foreign degree with the Hague apostille.
• An official Greek translation of the degree and the apostille, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs translation service or an authorised lawyer.
• A certificate of adequate knowledge of Greek at level C1 if you are not a Greek citizen, which ENE bases on Article 52 of Presidential Decree 38/2010.
• A copy of your passport if you are not a Greek citizen.
• Your licence to practise as a nurse from the country where you trained, if one was issued, apostilled and translated.
• Two recent colour passport photos with your name on the back.
• Proof of payment of the €35 registration fee to the regional department's bank account, with no bank commission deducted.

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   1. Get DOATAP equivalence for your nursing degree

   Apply to DOATAP through eDoatap. It compares your programme with a Greek university nursing programme and may set compensatory measures, such as an exam, a placement or a thesis, at a Greek university department. ENE needs the final DOATAP act, so complete any measures first.
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   2. Reach C1 in Greek

   Book the Certificate of Attainment in Greek with the Centre for the Greek Language. C1 is taken in the main May session in Greece and abroad; for May 2027 the B2 to C2 fee is €100 and registration runs from 1 February to 14 March 2027. This is usually the longest stage.
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   3. Apostille and translate your documents

   Get the apostille on your degree and nursing licence in your country of training, then have the documents and apostilles translated into Greek by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs translation service or an authorised lawyer. Translations from other sources may not be accepted.
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   4. Collect the application form from your regional department

   ENE says the application and declaration form is provided by the regional department. Choose the department for the area where you will work: Attica and the Aegean islands (Athens), Macedonia and Thrace (Thessaloniki), Epirus, Aitoloakarnania, the Ionian islands and the Peloponnese (Patras), Thessaly and Central Greece (Larissa), or Crete (Heraklion).
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   5. Pay the fee and submit your file

   Pay €35 into the regional department's bank account, without commission, and submit the receipt with your documents. The reduced fee of €25 applies to unemployed applicants and members of families with three or more children, with the supporting certificate.
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   6. Apply to the Region for the certificate to practise

   With your ENE registration certificate, apply to the public health service of your Region. The official procedure lists the degree and DOATAP equivalence, identity documents, a solemn declaration on criminal convictions, two photos, an €8 state fee and a €3.60 fee. It has a three-month deadline, and if the authority does not object in that time the profession is considered freely practised.
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   7. Keep your registration current

   ENE charges €30 for a declaration renewing your registration, or €20 for unemployed members and members of large families. Your ENE membership also matters if you later need a good standing certificate to work elsewhere.

• No ENE exam

  ENE does not run a licensing exam. Any assessment of your nursing training comes from DOATAP's compensatory measures.

• DOATAP compensatory measures

  If DOATAP finds differences between your programme and a Greek nursing degree, it can set a written exam, a placement or a thesis, or a combination. You take them at the Greek university department you choose and must complete them all at the same department.

• Greek language certificate

  The Centre for the Greek Language's Certificate of Attainment in Greek has written papers, and the oral exams take place straight after them. ENE asks for level C1.

• ENE does not ask for an English test. It asks for Greek.
• Applicants who do not hold Greek citizenship need a certificate of adequate knowledge of Greek at level C1 (Γ1).
• The Region's nurse procedure asks EU citizens and third-country nationals with EU rights for Greek at B2, and does not require the certificate from third-country nationals who graduated from a Greek university. ENE's C1 requirement for non-Greek citizens is separate, so check with your regional department which certificate it will accept from you.
• The certificate is issued by the Centre for the Greek Language. For May 2027 the exams are on 11 to 13 May in Greece and abroad, and the fee for B2 to C2 is €100.

Estimate your total cost

• DOATAP: 1 to 8 weeks for a complete first-cycle application, longer if compensatory measures are set.
• Greek C1: the main certificate session is held once a year in May, with results published later in the summer (31 July for the May 2026 session).
• ENE: it does not publish a processing time for registration.
• Region: the nurse certificate procedure has a three-month deadline, after which tacit approval applies if the authority has not objected.