Woolf is an accredited, degree-granting Higher Education Institution and is recognized within the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). There are 49 countries in the EHEA. Degrees issued in the EHEA are normally automatically recognized between all member countries, but final decisions are always made by the country, EHEA countries use a credit system called ECTS–the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System. 

The ECTS system is the most widely recognized form of accreditation in the world. Degrees with ECTS accreditation are normally automatically recognized by receiving institutions around the world, including Canada and the United States. Woolf issues degrees with ECTS accreditation. 

1. Woolf degrees are recognized by about 57 countries who are under treaty obligation as signatories to the Lisbon Recognition Convention. The full list of signatory countries can be found on the United Nations website and the Council of Europe website.
2. Multiple Education Credential Assessment agencies, like ECE and FIS, have already recognized Woolf master’s degrees as equivalent to US master’s degrees. ECE also determined the Woolf’s accreditation is equivalent to US regional accreditation.
3. Woolf’s degrees are recognised in Canada for purposes of immigration and citizenship.
4. Woolf is a collegiate higher education institution: all constituent member colleges benefit equally from Woolf’s accreditation and have the power to enrol students in their college degrees.
5. Woolf is listed on the EU’s Europass website.