Short answer
Identify the specific activity, title and UK nation before choosing a professional qualification process.
Sources: UK Government / Regulated Professions Register · UK Government / Regulated Professions Register
Who decides
The regulator or chartered body identified for the relevant profession and scope.
Check this before paying
Use the Regulated Professions Register and check its nation-specific entries.
Open the primary source ↗Sources: UK Government / Regulated Professions Register · UK Government / Regulated Professions Register
When this applies
Requirements may concern professional activities, a protected title or chartered status; these are different scopes.
Which document
The qualification and experience evidence specified by the relevant regulator or body.
Avoid the wrong purchase
A general academic comparison can support evidence but does not complete the regulator’s process.
Sources: UK Government / Regulated Professions Register · UK ENIC / Ecctis
What this does not do
Qualification comparison is not professional registration or a blanket licence for every related job.
Your next official step
Use the register’s contact details to confirm the authority and its current process.
Continue to the official guidance ↗Read what the entry regulates
The register distinguishes professional activities and protected titles, and also lists chartered bodies granting status. An entry should not be read as a rule that every job with a similar name requires the same licence or membership. Confirm the activity and status in question with the named body.
The UK nation is part of the authority check
The profession list provides England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland filters and identifies scoped entries. Use the intended nation alongside the profession. The existing teaching and social-work examples below are explicitly England-only; they do not complete the other UK nations’ processes.
DiploWay preparation: describe the intended work precisely
Record the activity, professional title, place of practice and the body that decides. Ask whether the request concerns registration, a reserved title, a particular authorised activity or chartered status. Confirm the actual record list before paying for an academic comparison.
Related decisions for this process
Profession-specific processes
- NursingUnited Kingdom
- TeachingEngland only
- PhysiotherapyUnited Kingdom
- DentistryUnited Kingdom; full registration and ORE route
- MedicineUnited Kingdom — overseas primary medical qualification
- ArchitectureUnited Kingdom — ARB recognition routes and October 2026 transition
- Practitioner psychologyUnited Kingdom — HCPC protected practitioner psychologist titles
- Social workEngland only — Social Work England overseas registration
- Veterinary medicineUnited Kingdom — veterinary surgeons, not veterinary nurses
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Sources and scope
- Activities, titles and chartered status
UK Government / Regulated Professions Register · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- Profession list and UK nation filters
UK Government / Regulated Professions Register · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)
- Statement of Comparability: purpose and exclusions
UK ENIC / Ecctis · checked 2026-10-14 (UTC date)