Bologna process

The Bologna Declaration involves six actions relating to:

• a system of academic degrees that are easy to recognise and compare. It includes the introduction of a shared diploma supplement to improve transparency;
• a system based essentially on two cycles: a first cycle geared to the labour market and lasting at least three years, and a second cycle (Master) conditional on the completion of the first cycle;
• a system of accumulation and transfer of credits of the ECTS type used in the Erasmus exchange scheme;
• mobility of students, teachers and researchers: elimination of all obstacles to freedom of movement;
• cooperation with regard to quality assurance;
• the European dimension in higher education: increase the number of modules and teaching and study areas where the content, guidance or organisation has a European dimension.