The Bologna Process is the intergovernmental initiative, launched when education ministers of 29 European countries signed the Bologna Declaration in June 1999, to make European higher-education systems comparable and compatible within a European Higher Education Area. It introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate, the ECTS credit system for recognizing study across borders, and cooperative quality assurance. It remains an ongoing process, its membership now well beyond the original signatories.
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Key ProvisionEstablished a common three-cycle degree structure with comparable credits across signatory countries so qualifications are mutually recognized and students and staff can move between systems. 2 Enacted / Adopted Year Classification
Policy TypeGovernance or Accountability Policy 1 Education LevelDoctoral or Equivalent (ISCED 8) 2 Policy Status
Policy Status (category) FAQs
Is the Bologna Process European Union law that countries must follow?
It is a voluntary intergovernmental agreement, not EU law.
No. The Bologna Process is an intergovernmental agreement between EU and non-EU countries, and it does not have the status of EU legislation. The Bologna Declaration is not a treaty or convention, so it creates no legal obligations for the signatory states. Participation and cooperation are voluntary.
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The Bologna Process introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate across the European Higher Education Area, per its own live entity-description.
Source Bachelor's Degree (Wikipedia)
The Bologna Process introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate across the European Higher Education Area, per its own live entity-description.
Source Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Wikipedia)
The Bologna Process introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate across the European Higher Education Area, per its own live entity-description.
Source Master's Degree (Wikipedia)
The process is named for the city and its historic university, where the declaration was signed; the university is not a party to the process as such.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Bologna ProcessBologna Process article, naming
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1. European Commission, European Education Area: The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area
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The Bologna Process seeks to bring more coherence to higher education systems across Europe.
2. European Commission, European Education Area
Bologna Process page, What is the Bologna Process section
The Bologna Process seeks to bring more coherence to higher education systems across Europe.
Bologna Process page, three-cycle structure
introduce a three-cycle higher education system consisting of bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies
Description, education-level classification
It introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate, the ECTS credit system for recognizing study across borders, and cooperative quality assurance.
In Category: Curriculum, Assessment and Policy, Bologna Process page
The Bologna Process seeks to bring more coherence to higher education systems across Europe.
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The Bologna Process is a series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications.
Bologna Process article, 1999 declaration signing
the Bologna declaration was signed by education ministers from 29 European countries in 1999
Associated With: University of Bologna, Bologna Process article, naming
The Bologna Process is a series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications.
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Bachelor's Degree (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Bachelor's Degree, Entity description, Bologna ProcessQuote, Associated With: Bachelor's Degree, Entity description, Bologna Process
It introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate, the ECTS credit system for recognizing study across borders, and cooperative quality assurance.
Master's Degree (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Master's Degree, Entity description, Bologna ProcessQuote, Associated With: Master's Degree, Entity description, Bologna Process
It introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate, the ECTS credit system for recognizing study across borders, and cooperative quality assurance.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Entity description, Bologna ProcessQuote, Associated With: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Entity description, Bologna Process
It introduced the three-cycle degree structure of bachelor, master and doctorate, the ECTS credit system for recognizing study across borders, and cooperative quality assurance.
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