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QF-EHEA

{{Short description|Frameworks describing higher education qualification}}

Qualifications Frameworks in the European Higher Education Area (QF-EHEA) are frameworks describing the higher education qualifications of countries participating in the Bologna Process. National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) provide a mapping between higher education qualifications and an overarching framework, allowing the cross-comparison of qualifications from different countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.ehea.info/article-details.aspx?ArticleId=65|title=Qualifications Frameworks in the EHEA|publisher=EHEA|access-date=29 May 2016}}

The overarching framework was adopted in May 2005 at a meeting of education ministers of the 48 participating countries. It consists of three cycles, approximately equivalent to bachelor's, master's and research doctorates (PhD-equivalent) degrees in the Anglophone world (note that US first professional degrees such as MD and JD are not PhD-equivalent, even though they are titled "doctorates"). A "short cycle" is also recognised within the first cycle, equivalent to British foundation degrees (US associate degrees).{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/education/ects/users-guide/programme-context_en.htm|title=ECTS Users' Guide|publisher=European Commission|access-date=29 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ehea.info/Upload/document/ministerial_declarations/EHEAParis2018_Communique_AppendixIII_952778.pdf|title=Overarching framework of qualifications of the EHEA|publisher=EHEA}}{{cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-structure-us.html|title=Structure of U.S. Education|publisher=US Department of Education|access-date=29 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/ihe/what-we-do/bologna-process-and-european-higher-education-area|title=European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process|publisher=British Council|access-date=29 May 2016}}

QF-EHEA in Spain

The NQF in Spain is the Marco Español de Cualificaciones para la Educación Superior (MECES) (Spanish Framework for Higher Education Qualification).[http://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2011-13317 Normativa oficial del estado español sobre el MECES] This replaced the earlier system of diplomado, licenciado and doctor from 2005, with a transitional period lasting until 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna/links/documents/HE_in_Spain.pdf|title=HE in Spain|access-date=29 May 2016}} The mapping to the EHEA framework is:

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! MECES level

!Qualifications

!Equivalent EHEA cycle

4

|

  • Título de Doctor

|Third Cycle

3

|

  • Título de Grado universitario con 300 ECTS o más
  • Título de Máster universitario
  • Título de Máster en Enseñanzas Artísticas

|Second Cycle

2

|

  • Título de Graduado
  • Título de Graduado de las enseñanzas artísticas superiores

| First Cycle

1

|

  • Técnico Superior de Formación Profesional
  • Técnico Superior de Artes Plásticas y Diseño
  • Técnico Deportivo Superior

| Short Cycle

QF-EHEA in the United Kingdom

The NQFs linked to the QF-EHEA are the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Framework for Qualifications of Higher Education Institutions in Scotland (FQHEIS). The FQHEIS was certified as being aligned with the QF-EHEA in 2006 and the FHEQ in 2008.{{cite web|title=The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies|date=November 2014|url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/qualifications-frameworks.pdf|access-date=2016-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083730/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/qualifications-frameworks.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=dead}}

The levels on the two national frameworks, and their mapping to the QF-EHEA, are as follows:

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!FHEQ level

!FQHEIS level

!Qualifications

!Equivalent EHEA cycle

8

!12

|

| Third Cycle

rowspan=2|7

!rowspan=2|11

|

  • Master's degree
  • Integrated master's degree
  • Primary qualifications (first degrees) in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science

| Second Cycle

*PGCE

| N/A

rowspan=3|6

!10

|

|rowspan=2| First Cycle

rowspan =2|9

|

  • Bachelor's degree (ordinary or pass degree)
* Graduate Certificate
  • Graduate Diploma
  • Professional Graduate Certificate in Education

    • | N/A

    rowspan=3|5

    ! N/A

    |

    | rowspan=3|Short Cycle

    8

    |

    N/A

    |

    • HND (awarded by a degree-awarding body)
    rowspan=2|4

    ! N/A

    |

    • Higher National Certificate (awarded by a degree-awarding body)

    |rowspan=2| N/A

    7

    |

    QF-EHEA in the Republic of Ireland

    The NFQ for Ireland is the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), which spans the full range of educational qualifications available. It was verified as compatible with the EHEA Framework in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.qqi.ie/Publications/Verification%20of%20Compatibility%20of%20NFQ%20with%20QF%20EHEA%20220609.pdf|title=Verification of Compatibility of Irish National Framework of Qualifications with the Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area|date=November 2006|publisher=Quality and Qualifications Ireland|access-date=29 May 2016}} The NQF has the following mapping to the EHEA Framework:{{cite web|url=http://www.nfq-qqi.com/qualifications-frameworks.html|title=QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS - A EUROPEAN VIEW|publisher=Quality and Qualifications Ireland|access-date=29 May 2016}}

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    !NFQ level

    !Qualifications

    !Equivalent EHEA cycle

    10

    |

    | Third Cycle

    rowspan=2|9

    |

    | Second Cycle

    * Postgraduate diploma

    | Second Cycle (Intermediate qualification)

    8

    |

    | rowspan=2| First Cycle

    7

    |

    • Ordinary bachelor's degree
    6

    |

    • Higher Certificate

    | Short Cycle

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