This publication reviews trends in the organisation of higher education in the 45 countries signatory to the Bologna Declaration at the time of the London Conference (May 2007). It reports on each of the aims of the Bologna Process for the establishment of a European higher education area by...

This publication, which was prepared for the meeting of the ministers of higher education, in Bergen in May 2005, reports on how the organisation of higher education is evolving in the 40 countries signatory to the Bologna Declaration. It assesses progress towards each of the following aims of...

In this publication, the structure of higher education in Europe is illustrated in a succession of detailed diagrams. For each country in turn, they represent the courses and qualifications most commonly offered by universities or other higher education institutions. The names of institutions...

The aim of this study is to examine reforms in the higher education sector in the fifteen European Union Member States and the three EFTA/EEA countries between 1980 and 1998 and to identify the main trends together with the convergences and divergences between the different countries. This study...

The ever-increasing level of skills essential nowadays to the individual's social, cultural and occupational integration into a constantly changing society has led the Member States of the European Community to promote entry to higher education for an increasing number of young people. At the...

One of the most sensitive aspects of access to higher education, both within Member States and across frontiers, is unquestionably that of the financial assistance available to students. Does it exist in all countries? What form does it take (grants, loans)? What percentage of students are...