The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) is the environment shared by Europe’s university systems, designed to promote mobility, interaction and opportunities for its respective members. Its essential parameters were established in the Bologna Declaration signed by 29 European States on 19 June 1999:
They are wholly unrelated to the previous credits, which measured the duration of the classes given by the lecturer in each subject. Each old credit was worth ten teaching hours.
The European Diploma Supplement (EDS) is the document that validates your academic qualifications and experience in the European Community.
In order to consolidate the European Higher Education Area, university systems have agreed on a common structure of three cycles, which allow students, teaching staff and researchers to develop their academic and professional careers in more than 40 countries.
There are currently 46 countries that have joined the Bologna Process to be incorporated into the European Higher Education Area. Here is a complete list:
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