For the recognition in Turkmenistan of the documents on education issued in the foreign countries in the fields of the social sciences and humanities specified in the State Classifiers of specialties of secondary vocational education and areas of training and specialties of higher professional education of Turkmenistan, the inclusion of a higher educational institution in the defining list of international organizations («Academic Ranking of World Universities», «QS World University Rankings», «Три миссии университета» and «The Times Higher Education World University Rankings»), which ranks world educational institutions, is a mandatory requirement.

For the recognition in Turkmenistan of the documents on education issued in the foreign countries in other areas, the inclusion of a higher educational institution in the above list is not a mandatory requirement.