ThearticleanalysesthenostrificationprocedureintheEUandUkraine,describestheconceptualandterminological apparatus for nostrification, outlines the theoretical, organizational, substantive and procedural principles for nostrification in the EU and Ukraine. The regulatory framework for the implementation of the nostrification procedure in the EU countries and in Ukraine is described. In particular, such normative legal documents regulating the issues of nostrification as the Lisbon Convention, the Sorbonne Declaration, the Bologna Convention (Joint Declaration of the Ministers of Education of Europe) and additional legal documents on their interpretation are considered in detail. The legislative base of Ukraine in the field of recognition of foreign documents on education is also studied: strategic documention on education, namely, the State National Program which is called “Education” (Ukraine of the 21st century), resolutions of the Chamber of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: “Improving the efficiency of education and science as an effective factor” (Improving the efficiency of education and science as an effective factor of development and integration into the European community: Resolution of the Chamber of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2004, № 3 / 1-4 https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/rada/show/v01- 4290 -04 # Text), “On deepening the integration of science and education in modern conditions” (2006), “Higher education in Ukraine — the European dimension: status, problems, prospects” (Higher education in Ukraine — the European dimension: status, problems, prospects: Resolution of the Chamber of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 2008, № 3 / 1-4, https://ips.ligazakon.net/document/MUS7507), the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education” released on 01.07.2014, and the Decree of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine № 504 released on 05.05.2015 (registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on 27.05.2015, № 614/27059) “Some issues of the recognition for the foreign documents on education in Ukraine”, which approved the Procedure for recognition of higher education frames obtained in foreign higher education establishments. The peculiarities of the nostrification procedure in such EU countries as Poland and the Czech Republic are considered. The main shortcomings and prospects of improving the procedure for recognition of educational documents in Ukraine through the use of international experience are identified.