Yes, the EUDI Wallet can store professional qualifications and diplomas. Under the eIDAS 2.0 framework, established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 amending Regulation (EU) 910/2014, educational credentials such as degrees, diplomas, and professional certificates are explicitly supported as attestations that users can hold, manage, and share securely from their wallet. This makes it possible to present your qualifications digitally, both within your home country and across EU borders, without needing paper copies.
The sections below explain how this works, which organisations can issue credentials, and what it means in practice for people and organisations dealing with qualifications every day.
What types of credentials can the EUDI Wallet store?
The EUDI Wallet is designed to store a wide range of digital documents and attestations, going well beyond a simple digital ID card. It can hold any attestation that has been issued by a recognised authority in a verifiable format, including identity documents, travel credentials, payment means, and educational or professional records.
Based on the use cases tested in the large-scale pilot programmes, the wallet supports credentials across these categories:
- Government-issued identity documents such as national IDs and passports
- Mobile driving licences
- Educational credentials including diplomas, degrees, and certificates
- Professional qualifications and licences
- Healthcare documents such as prescriptions and the European Health Insurance Card
- Social security information
- Organisational identity credentials proving you represent a business
- Payment authorisation means
The wallet is built on the principle of selective disclosure, meaning you can share only the specific data that is needed for a given interaction. When applying for a job, for example, you could share proof of your degree without revealing your home address or date of birth. This privacy-by-design approach is one of the core features that distinguishes the EUDI Wallet from earlier digital identity solutions.
How does the EUDI Wallet handle professional qualifications and diplomas?
The EUDI Wallet handles professional qualifications and diplomas as attestations: digitally signed records issued by a recognised institution that can be verified by any relying party. When a relying party checks an attestation, three distinct checks are involved. First, the relying party verifies the issuer’s signature against the relevant national trusted list, which forms part of the EU List of Trusted Lists (LOTL). Second, the relying party checks the revocation status of the attestation using status information provided by the issuer. Third, the relying party validates the wallet unit attestation to confirm that the presenting wallet is running on a certified wallet solution. The first of these checks can be performed fully offline; the second and third require a connection.
When a university or professional body issues a qualification into the wallet, it signs the attestation using its trusted digital key. The attestation is then stored securely in the user’s wallet unit, which combines the wallet instance installed on the device with the Wallet Secure Cryptographic Application and the Wallet Secure Cryptographic Device that holds the private keys. When the holder wants to share the attestation, such as with an employer or a licensing authority, they present it from the wallet in a single interaction, approving each presentation request individually.
This process replaces slow, paper-heavy workflows. There is no need to request certified copies, wait for postal delivery, or make phone calls to confirm authenticity. The holder remains in full control of who sees their attestations and when.
Are digital diplomas in the EUDI Wallet legally recognised across the EU?
Digital diplomas stored in the EUDI Wallet are intended to carry legal recognition across EU Member States, provided they are issued in compliance with the eIDAS 2.0 framework and the relevant national or sectoral rules. The regulation establishes a common trust framework that Member States are required to apply, which means a digitally issued diploma from a recognised institution in one country should be verifiable and accepted in another. Practical cross-border acceptance will develop in phases as national implementations mature, and not every use case will be fully operational in every Member State at the same time.
Legal recognition of qualifications is also not solely a matter of digital identity law. Professional qualifications in regulated professions, such as medicine, law, or engineering, are governed by Directive 2005/36/EC on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications. The EUDI Wallet provides the technical and trust infrastructure to present and verify these attestations, but the underlying recognition rights are determined by the relevant professional regulations, which continue to apply regardless of the digital format. National registration requirements and sector-specific legislation remain in force when a credential is held in a wallet.
For general educational credentials such as university degrees or vocational certificates, the wallet significantly lowers the practical barriers to cross-border recognition. Employers and institutions in other Member States can check the authenticity of an attestation without contacting the issuing institution directly, removing a major friction point in international mobility. Organisations working across borders, particularly in sectors like education and research, stand to benefit considerably from this shift.
Which organisations can issue qualifications into the EUDI Wallet?
Qualifications can be issued into the EUDI Wallet by any organisation that is recognised as a trusted issuer within the applicable trust framework. In practice, this includes universities and higher education institutions, vocational training providers, professional licensing bodies, government agencies, and accredited certification organisations. Governance of the framework is a shared responsibility: the European Commission manages the legal framework and adopts implementing acts, Member States certify and supervise actors within their jurisdiction, and national competent authorities maintain the national trusted lists that underpin issuer recognition. These national trusted lists are brought together in the EU List of Trusted Lists (LOTL).
Issuers must be registered on a relevant national trusted list or, where applicable, a List of Trusted Entities (LoTE). This ensures that when a relying party checks an attestation, it can confirm not only that the attestation is tamper-evident, but also that the issuing organisation is legitimate and authorised to issue that type of attestation. Attestations issued by public bodies or qualified trust service providers may qualify as PuB-EAA or QEAA respectively, each carrying a different level of assurance and a different position in the trust framework. Non-qualified EAA issued by private organisations occupy a separate category and are not placed on national trusted lists automatically.
Private sector organisations can also become issuers, provided they meet the requirements set by Member States and the European Commission. This opens the door for professional associations, industry bodies, and accreditation organisations to issue attestations directly into users’ wallets. The technical infrastructure required to become a credential issuer is still being developed and standardised, and the regulatory framework explicitly anticipates a broad ecosystem of both public and private issuers. Relying parties wishing to accept attestations must register with the national authority of their Member State of establishment under CIR (EU) 2025/848 before requesting wallet data.
What are the practical use cases for storing qualifications in the EUDI Wallet?
Storing professional qualifications and diplomas in the EUDI Wallet unlocks a range of practical scenarios for individuals and organisations alike. The common thread across all of them is that verification becomes faster, more reliable, and less dependent on manual processes.
- Job applications: A candidate can share a verified degree or professional certificate directly with a potential employer, who can check its authenticity without contacting the issuing institution, subject to completing the three verification steps described above.
- Cross-border employment: A professional moving from one EU country to another can present their qualifications in a format that is verifiable by a foreign employer or licensing authority, provided the relevant national and sectoral requirements are also met.
- Further education: Applicants to universities or professional programmes can submit verified prior qualifications as part of their application, replacing certified copies and apostilles.
- Regulated profession licensing: Healthcare professionals, lawyers, and engineers can present their licence or registration attestations to regulatory bodies or employers in other Member States, subject to the applicable mutual recognition rules under Directive 2005/36/EC.
- Workforce compliance checks: Organisations in regulated sectors such as healthcare or finance can verify that staff hold the required qualifications, supporting ongoing compliance.
These use cases were explored in the large-scale pilot programmes that ran across the EU from April 2023 to 2025. The DC4EU pilot specifically tested how the wallet can support cross-border credential sharing in the education and social security sectors. The feedback from these pilots fed into the Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF), which contains the technical elaboration of the requirements set out in the implementing acts.
When will organisations be able to issue and verify qualifications via the EUDI Wallet?
The legal deadline for Member States to make the EUDI Wallet available to citizens, residents, and businesses is 24 December 2026. This deadline establishes when Member States must fulfil their wallet obligations under eIDAS 2.0, and it is important to treat it as a legal deadline, not a predicted launch date. National wallet availability, certification and notification, operational interoperability, and acceptance by relying parties will each develop according to their own timeline. Not every national wallet will have reached the same level of maturity by that date, and not every cross-border use case involving qualifications will be fully operational across all Member States at that point.
From 24 December 2026, public bodies must accept notified wallets for online services that require electronic identification. From 24 December 2027, the acceptance obligation under Article 5f of eIDAS 2.0 applies to relevant regulated private sectors, including education, healthcare, financial services, and others where strong user authentication is legally or contractually required. Micro and small enterprises, defined as organisations with fewer than 50 employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet total of no more than 10 million euros, are exempt from this obligation.
The first implementing acts were adopted at the end of 2024, starting the relevant 24-month periods. The DC4EU pilot, which ran through 2024 and into 2025, tested the technical specifications for attestation issuance and verification in the education sector. Those insights fed directly into the ARF, which provides the technical elaboration of the requirements that Member States and organisations will use to build their wallet integrations.
For organisations planning ahead, the practical question is not whether the EUDI Wallet will support qualifications, but how quickly they need to be ready to issue or verify them. Organisations in government and education are likely to be among the first movers, given their central role in issuing and recognising credentials. Institutions that build familiarity with the trust framework, attestation formats, and integration requirements early will be better positioned as the ecosystem develops and national implementations reach operational maturity.
How the ID Connector supports EUDI Wallet credential integration
The ID Connector is an integration that lets relying parties accept every certified European wallet, whatever Member State issued it, for identification, login and qualified signing. EUDI Wallet acceptance comes first; the same interface also carries other IDs, such as national eIDs, bank IDs and identity documents, inside and outside the EU.
For organisations in education, healthcare, financial services, and government that need to issue or verify professional qualifications and diplomas via the EUDI Wallet, the ID Connector handles the technical steps that sit between your existing systems and the wallet ecosystem. This includes verifying issuer signatures against national trusted lists, checking attestation revocation status, validating wallet unit attestations, and ensuring that each presentation request stays within the attribute scope registered under CIR (EU) 2025/848.
Specifically, the ID Connector covers:
- Accepting attestations from every notified wallet, regardless of the issuing Member State
- Verifying issuer signatures against the relevant national trusted lists and the EU List of Trusted Lists
- Checking revocation status using issuer-provided status information
- Validating wallet unit attestations to confirm the presenting wallet runs on a certified wallet solution
- Enforcing the registered attribute scope so that only the data declared in the relying party registration is requested
- Connecting to a qualified trust service provider for qualified signing where required
The transition to digital credentials is already underway, and the organisations that connect now will be positioned as the EUDI Wallet ecosystem develops toward the 24 December 2026 deadline for public bodies and the 24 December 2027 obligation for regulated private sectors. Get in touch with TrustTech to find out how the ID Connector fits your organisation’s credential workflows.