A very interesting article from the Chronicle dicusses the 10 years since the Bolgna accord has come into effect:
In June 1999, the education ministers of 29 European countries signed the Bologna Declaration, pledging to work toward the creation of a European Higher Education Area. The landmark declaration was short on specifics, but its aims included creating a system of comparable degrees, based on a two-degree cycle with an undergraduate degree lasting a minimum of three years.
This process is huge:
The Bologna Process is named after the Bologna Declaration, which was signed in the Italian city of Bologna on 19 June 1999 by ministers in charge of higher education from 29 European countries. Today, the Process unites 46 countries - all party to theEuropean Cultural Convention and committed to the goals of the European Higher Education Area. An important characteristic of the Bologna Process - and key to its success - is that it also involves European Commission, Council of Europe and UNESCO-CEPES, as well as representatives of higher education institutions, students, staff, employers and quality assurance agencies (seeparticipating organisations).
Moreover it has very specific aims:
By 2010 higher education systems in European countries should be organised in such a way that:
- · it is easy to move from one country to the other (within the European Higher Education Area) – for the purpose of further study or employment;
- · the attractiveness of European higher education is increased so many people from non-European countries also come to study and/or work in Europe;
- · the European Higher Education Area provides Europe with a broad, high quality and advanced knowledge base, and ensures the further development of Europe as a stable, peaceful and tolerant community.
Several countries offering entire degree program in English:
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
