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Date of the document: 2015.05.13 Erasmus+: Higher Education – Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees

Joint Degrees in Erasmus+ Programme Countries

Country Duration (ECTS)

Joint Degree (if applicable, please refer to the corresponding legislation)

Double/multiple Degree (if applicable, please refer to the corresponding legislation)

Additional comments Useful Links

AUSTRIA 60/90/120

Possible. § 51/1/27, § 87/5 of the Universities Act: http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/E_UG.pdf

Possible. § 51/1/27, § 87/5 of the Universities Act: http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/E_UG.pdf

The HE institutions concerned have to conclude an agreement on the installation and execution of the common degree programme.

Joint degree recommendation: http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/wissenschaft/naric/Joint_Degree_Diploma_Programmes.pdf

BELGIUM (FR) 60/90/120

Possible. (Art 18 § 2, Art 29 § 2-3 of the Law on Higher Education, March 31, 2004 and June 16, 2006)

Possible. (Art 18 § 2, Art 29 § 2-3 of the Law on Higher Education, March 31, 2004 and June 16, 2006)

The Joint Degree is issued in addition to one of the legal degrees listed in the French Community legislation.

http://www.equivalences.cfwb.be (in French)

BELGIUM (NL) 60/90/120 Possible Possible Art. II.172 §2 and §3 of the Codex Higher Education

http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/regelgeving/Double_and_joint_Degrees_in_the_Flemish_Community.htm

BULGARIA 60/90/120 Possible Possible

According to the Higher Education Act, HEIs shall benefit Academic autonomy which finds expression in the freedom of cooperation for purposes of joint teaching together with other higher schools and academic organisations, education

http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/E_UG.pdf






http://wissenschaft.bmwfw.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/wissenschaft/naric/Joint_Degree_Diploma_Programmes.pdf




http://www.equivalences.cfwb.be/










franchise with other higher schools, as well as joint research, creative work, projects and innovative work, in collaboration with other organisations and higher schools in the country and abroad. (Article 20)

CROATIA 60/90/120

Possible. Pursuant to Scientific Activity and Higher Education Act (National Gazette 123/2003, 105/2004, 174/2004, 2/2007, 46/2007, 45/2009, 63/2011, 94/2013, 139/13)

Possible. Pursuant to Scientific Activity and Higher Education Act (National Gazette 123/2003, 105/2004, 174/2004, 2/2007, 46/2007, 45/2009, 63/2011, 94/2013, 139/13)

HEIs delivering joint programmes should be accredited in line with ESG. Structure, delivery and overall organisation are regulated by inter-institutional agreements. Under Croatian Law, study programmes delivered at public universities are self-accredited by university senates, while programs delivered by other type of higher education institutions, are accredited by the national QA Agency- Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE). Preparations of new national by-laws on the delivery of cross-border

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Croatia:Higher_Education http://public.mzos.hr/fgs.axd?id=21078

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Croatia:Higher_Education



http://public.mzos.hr/fgs.axd?id=21078

http://public.mzos.hr/fgs.axd?id=21078






education are underway to facilitate the implementation of joint programmes.

CYPRUS 60/90/120

Possible. Public Universities can offer Joint Degrees in cooperation with other HEIs (Regulations for Studies and Student Affairs – University of Cyprus – Regulation N° 172/2006). Private Universities can offer Joint Degrees subject to approval and evaluation by the Evaluation Committee for Private Universities.

Possible

CZECH REPUBLIC 60/90/120

Possible. The Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

Possible. The Higher Education Act No. 111/1998 Coll.

All study programmes provided by Czech HEIs including joint/double degree must be approved by the Accreditation Commission of the Czech Republic.

The Higher Education Act: http://www.msmt.cz/uploads/Areas_of_work/higher_education/Act_No_111_1998.pdf Rules for accreditation (in Czech only): http://www.akreditacnikomise.cz/cs/standardy-pro-posuzovani-zadosti/160-joint-degrees.html

http://www.msmt.cz/uploads/Areas_of_work/higher_education/Act_No_111_1998.pdf



http://www.akreditacnikomise.cz/cs/standardy-pro-posuzovani-zadosti/160-joint-degrees.html








DENMARK 60/90/120

Possible – BEK nr. 1389 Bekendtgørelse om universiteternes international uddannelsesforløb (amendment to the University Act introduced 1 January 2012).

Possible – BEK nr. 1389 Bekendtgørelse om universiteternes international uddannelsesforløb (amendment to the University Act introduced 1 January 2012).

On law and decrees: DA: http://ufm.dk/lovstof/gaeldende-love-og-regler/uddannelser/universitetsuddannelser EN: http://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/universities On Danish qualifications: http://ufm.dk/en/education-and-institutions/higher-education/degrees-and-qualifications

ESTONIA 60/90/120 Possible Possible

Estonian university issues always state graduation documents (when 20% or more of the studies take place in Estonian HEI) and additionally they can issue a joint degree graduation documents

Universities Act: § 13. State recognition of graduation documents of universities § 22. Requirements for joint curriculum https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/530102013100/consolide

http://ufm.dk/lovstof/gaeldende-love-og-regler/uddannelser/universitetsuddannelser




http://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/universities



http://ufm.dk/en/education-and-institutions/higher-education/degrees-and-qualifications




https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/530102013100/consolide

https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/530102013100/consolide






FINLAND 60/90/120

Possible with some restrictions. Universities: http://www.edilex.fi/saadoskokoelma/20131039.pdf Polytechnics: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2014/20141129

Possible. Universities: http://www.edilex.fi/saadoskokoelma/20131039.pdf Polytechnics: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2014/20141129

Legislation requires a degree certificate to be awarded also in a national language (Finnish/Swedish)

The memo on designing joint degrees: http://www.oph.fi/download/155691_joint_and_double_degrees_january_2014.pdf

FRANCE 60/90/120

Possible. (Articles D. 613-17 et suivants du code de l’Education) if national degree already recognised in the same discipline as the joint degree. and Circulaire N° 2011-0009 du 11 mai 2011 relative aux modalités d’élaboration et de délivrance des diplômes dans le cadre d’un partenariat international.

Possible only with an impression on “imprimerie nationale française” paper, only in French, signed by the rector.

International cotutelle possible (6

th January 2005

Decree – in French: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=20050113&numTexte=4&pageDebut=00553&pageFin=00553) (this international cotutelle will be soon modified)

2014 circulaire n° 2014-0018 (23

rd October 2014)

on the modalities on how to deliver and elaborate national diplomas and other State diplomas of HEIs under the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research (relative aux modalités d’élaboration et de délivrance des diplômes nationaux et de certains diplômes d’Etat par les établissements d’enseignement supérieur relevant du Ministère de l’Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche) http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/pid20536/bulletin-officiel.html?cid_bo=83645&cbo=

http://www.edilex.fi/saadoskokoelma/20131039.pdf


http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/2014/20141129






http://www.oph.fi/download/155691_joint_and_double_degrees_january_2014.pdf



http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jopdf/common/jo_pdf.jsp?numJO=0&dateJO=20050113&numTexte=4&pageDebut=00553&pageFin=00553






http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/pid20536/bulletin-officiel.html?cid_bo=83645&cbo=1









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fYRoM 60/120

Article 102 of the Higher Education Act and University by laws

Article 102 of the Higher Education Act and University by laws

For the Universities it is obligatory to offer at least two study programmes for joint/double degree diploma

http://www.mon.gov.mk/images/documents/zakoni/Zakon_za_visoko_2014v3.pdf

GERMANY 60/90/120 Possible Possible

All national and international study programmes (BA and MA) have to be accredited or recognised. The rules for recognition of degrees are set by the German "Länder" (regions). While a Bachelor degree requires 180-240 ECTS, a Masters degree requires additional 60-120 ECTS. Entry requirement for a Masters programme is a first degree (Bachelor, Magister Artium, Diploma, etc.).

Legal Documents: - Structural guidelines including

list of degrees that can be awarded (Ländergemeinsame Strukturvorgaben): http://www.akkreditierungsrat.de/fileadmin/Seiteninhalte/KMK/en/KMK_Laendergemeinsame_Strukturvorgaben_en_aktuell.pdf

- Rules for the accreditation of

study programmes (published by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Study Programmes in Germany - Accreditation Council): http://www.akkreditierungsrat.de/fileadmin/Seiteninhalte/AR/Beschluesse/en/AR_Regeln_Studiengaenge_en_aktuell.pdf

GREECE 60/90/120 Possible. Law 3685/2008

Possible. Law 3685/2008

New amendments of Law 4009/2011:

Legislative framework for postgraduate programmes (in Greek):





http://www.akkreditierungsrat.de/fileadmin/Seiteninhalte/AR/Beschluesse/en/AR_Regeln_Studiengaenge_en_aktuell.pdf









1) Article 34 of Law 4301/2014, stipulates that the final approval of any Master Programme Degree will be given by the rector of a Higher Education Institution via a decision published in the Official Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic.

2) Article 73, par. 5 of Law 4316/2014, stipulates that a foreign student (non EU student) who has not received official academic recognition from the Hellenic EU-NARIC, may be granted academic recognition via a decision published by the Dean’s Office.

http://www.et.gr - search for Law 3685/2008

(Official Gazette 148/issue A/16-7-2008).

Law 3685/2008 was amended by Law 4009/2011, which reforms all aspects of higher education in Greece. As far as the creation of postgraduate programmes is concerned, the new law delegates wider autonomy to HEIs. However, until the new Law 4009/2011 enters into full force, provisions of Law 3685/2008 will have to be respected.

HUNGARY 60/90/120

Possible. Legislation: Act CCIV (30.11.2011) on National Higher Education, § 79)

Possible. Legislation: Act CCIV (30.11.2011) on National Higher Education, Section § 79)

Minimum duration of studies is 180 ECTS at Bachelor level and 60 ECTS at Master level. Some criteria of awarding foreign or joint diploma:

Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education: http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1100204.TV English translation: https://www.oktatas.hu/pub_bin/dl

http://www.et.gr/

http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1100204.TV

http://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?docid=A1100204.TV

https://www.oktatas.hu/pub_bin/dload/nyelvvizsga_honositas/elismertetes_honositas/Act_on_NatHE2011.pdf






- the respective HEIs

must be recognised in the state of their registered seats;

- the degree to be awarded must be accepted by the laws of the respective countries;

- the credit equivalence between the programme already established in the Hungarian HEI and the respective joint programme has to reach 75% (in such cases no new accreditation process is required. In cases newly established joint programmes a new accreditation process is required);

- the participating students have to complete at least 30 ECTS credits in the participating Hungarian HEI.

An Implementing Regulation to Act CCIV is

oad/nyelvvizsga_honositas/elismertetes_honositas/Act_on_NatHE2011.pdf Ministry of National Resources - Hungarian Equivalence and Information Centre (ENIC / NARIC Office): http://www.oktatas.hu/kepesitesek_elismertetese/english Educational Authority: www.oktatas.hu (in Hungarian) Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC): http://www.mab.hu/web/index.php?lang=en HAC standards and guidelines including joint programmes: http://www.mab.hu/web/images/doc/hac/regulations/Accr_criteria_101012.pdf




http://www.oktatas.hu/kepesitesek_elismertetese/english

http://www.oktatas.hu/kepesitesek_elismertetese/english

http://www.oktatas.hu/

http://www.mab.hu/web/index.php?lang=en

http://www.mab.hu/web/index.php?lang=en

http://www.mab.hu/web/images/doc/hac/regulations/Accr_criteria_101012.pdf








to be announced soon (expected for Q1 2015)

ICELAND 60/90/120

Possible. Law no. 63 from 2006 on Higher Education in Iceland, Article 9 in chapter 3: Higher Education Institutions are authorised to grant degrees according the Article 7 in cooperation with other Higher Education Institutions on a national and international basis.

Possible. Law no. 63 from 2006 on Higher Education in Iceland, Article 9 in chapter 3: Higher Education Institutions are authorised to grant degrees according the Article 7 in cooperation with other Higher Education Institutions on a national and international basis.

http://eng.menntamalaraduneyti.is/media/MRN-PDF-Althjodlegt/Higher-Education-Act-no.-63-2006nytt.pdf

IRELAND 60/90/120

Possible. [Universities Act 1997 and Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999]

Possible. 90 ECTS is more common. Check with individual HEIs.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1999/en/act/pub/0026/

ITALY 60/90/120

Possible. (For universities see Diploma supplement point 8, DM 509/1999 and art. 3, c 10, DM. n. 270/2004;

Possible. (For universities see Diploma supplement point 8, DM 509/1999 and art. 3, c 10, DM. n. 270/2004;

Since 1999 Italian HEIs have the authority to establish joint courses and to release joint degrees autonomously, on the basis of the rules signed in the consortium agreement (for universities see

DM. n°. 270/2004: http://www.miur.it/0006Menu_C/0012Docume/0098Normat/4640Modifi_cf2.htm DPR n. 212/2005: http://legxv.camera.it/cartellecomuni/leg14/RapportoAttivitaCommi







http://www.miur.it/0006Menu_C/0012Docume/0098Normat/4640Modifi_cf2.htm



http://legxv.camera.it/cartellecomuni/leg14/RapportoAttivitaCommissioni/commissioni/allegati/07/07_all_DPR_212_05.pdf







For H.E. Institutions for fine arts, music and dance see art. 3, c 8, DPR n. 212/2005)

For H.E. Institutions for fine arts, music and dance see art. 3, c 8, DPR n. 212/2005)

DM 509/1999 and art. 3, c 10, DM. n.270/2004; for H.E. Institutions for fine arts, music and dance see art. 3, c 8, DPR n. 212/2005). In the University Diploma supplement point 8 it is stated: “Italian universities may establish degree courses in cooperation with foreign partner universities; on completion of integrated curricula joint or double/multiple degrees are awarded”

ssioni/commissioni/allegati/07/07_all_DPR_212_05.pdf Diploma supplement, point n 8: http://www.cimea.it/default.aspx?IDC=29 Proof of recognition: http://erasmusmundus.it/descrizione/proof-ofrecognition.aspx



http://www.cimea.it/default.aspx?IDC=29

http://www.cimea.it/default.aspx?IDC=29

http://erasmusmundus.it/descrizione/proof-ofrecognition.aspx

http://erasmusmundus.it/descrizione/proof-ofrecognition.aspx






LATVIA

60/90/120 Master's Degree full time studies with length of 1 or 2 years, but for recognition not less than ECTS 300 together for Bachelor's + Master's Degrees (at least 5 years studies altogether) in total are needed. [defined by Law on Higher Education Institutions, Article 57 (1)]

Possible. Law on Higher Education of Latvia - its last amendments have been adopted by Parliament of the Republic of Latvia on 14 July 2011, and they became in force on 1 August 2011. Among other things the amended Law provides for the possibility to create joint study programmes, to issue joint degrees, to use languages of the European Union in the study process of the joint programmes etc. [defined by Law on Higher Education Institutions, Article 55.

1

“Joint Study programmes”]

Possible. Law on Higher Education of Latvia - its last amendments have been adopted by Parliament of the Republic of Latvia on 14 July 2011, and they became in force on 1 August 2011. Among other things the amended Law provides for the possibility to create joint study programmes, to issue joint degrees, to use languages of the European Union in the study process of the joint programmes etc. [defined by Law on Higher Education Institutions, Article 55.

1

“Joint Study programmes”]

Law on Higher Education of Latvia - its last amendments have been adopted by Parliament of the Republic of Latvia on 14 July 2011, and they became in force on 1 August 2011. Among other things the amended Law provides for the possibility to create joint study programmes, to issue joint degrees, to use languages of the European Union in the study process of the joint programmes etc. [defined by Law on Higher Education Institutions, Article 55.

1 “Joint Study

programmes”]

*) Law on Institutions [Augstskolu likums (in Latvian)] of Higher Education: http://izm.izm.gov.lv/laws-regulations.html (in English) http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=37967 (in Latvian) *) For accreditation: Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia: http://izm.izm.gov.lv/nozares-politika/izglitiba/augstaka-izglitiba/akreditacija.html *) For recognition: Academic Information Centre: http://www.aic.lv

LIECHTENSTEIN 60/90/120 (to be confirmed) (to be confirmed)

http://izm.izm.gov.lv/laws-regulations.html

http://izm.izm.gov.lv/laws-regulations.html

http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=37967

http://www.likumi.lv/doc.php?id=37967

http://izm.izm.gov.lv/nozares-politika/izglitiba/augstaka-izglitiba/akreditacija.html



http://www.aic.lv/






LITHUANIA 90/120

Possible. Ministerial decree “On General Requirements for Joint Study Programmes”, issued December 31, 2009: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2 Updated version of the decree, issued July 29, 2011: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2

Possible. Ministerial decree “On General Requirements for Joint Study Programmes”, issued December 31, 2009: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2 Updated version of the decree, issued July 29, 2011: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2

Ministerial decree “On General Requirements for Joint Study Programmes” provides description on joint programme and joint degree, as well as the general framework for joint degrees such as necessity of: agreement between partners, provisions for admission, mobility, graduation, issuing of diploma etc. The decree says that the JSPs should be prepared, evaluated and accredited according to all of the partner institutions’ home countries legal acts. The programme starts as soon as the programme is registered in all of the participating countries. In Lithuania JSPs are registered in the same manner as a regular study programmes. Organisation of regular study programmes provided in the Law on Higher Education and Research of Republic of Lithuania

General information how to prepare Joint study programme in Lithuania: http://www.smpf.lt/lt/programos/erasmus_mundus/1_veikla_jungtine_studiju_programa_organizavimas (Lithuanian) Law on Higher Education and Research of Republic of Lithuania Issued April 30, 2009: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=419823 (English) Ministerial decree “On General Requirements for Joint Study Programmes”, issued December 31, 2009: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2 Updated version of the decree: http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2 (Lithuanian)

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=404475&p_query=&p_tr2=2
















http://www.smpf.lt/lt/programos/erasmus_mundus/1_veikla_jungtine_studiju_programa_organizavimas




http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=419823

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=419823












LUXEMBURG 60/90/120

Possible. Règlement grand-ducal du 22 mai 2006 relatif à l'obtention du grade de bachelor et du grade de master de l'Université du Luxembourg, Chapitre IV: Des dispositions relatives à la délivrance de grades conjoints.

Possible. Règlement grand-ducal du 22 mai 2006 relatif à l'obtention du grade de bachelor et du grade de master de l'Université du Luxembourg, Chapitre IV: Des dispositions relatives à la délivrance de grades conjoints.

Règlement grand-ducal du 22 mai 2006 : http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2006/0111/2006A1950A.html (in French)

MALTA 60/90/120 Possible Possible

Recognition according to the principles of the LRC as long as institutions and programmes are accredited in their respective countries

THE NETHERLANDS

60/90/120 Few exceptions are possible.

Possible. Dutch Higher Education Act article 7.3 for Bachelor and Master programmes. By letters of 9 July 2010 and of 16 December 2010 (both in Dutch), the Minister further clarified rules regarding joint degrees. The accreditation framework is described in several formal documents

Possible

An institution in the Netherlands can award a degree to anyone who successfully completes an accredited study programme. The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) is responsible for the accreditation of existing and new academically oriented higher education

Central Register of Higher Education study Programmes (CROHO): https://apps.duo.nl/MCROHO/pages/zoeken.jsf (contains an overview of all accredited study programmes in the Netherlands) Ministry of Education: - Letter from the Minister of

9 July 2010: http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/brief_OCW_joint_degrees_9_juli_2010.pdf

http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2006/0111/2006A1950A.html



https://apps.duo.nl/MCROHO/pages/zoeken.jsf

https://apps.duo.nl/MCROHO/pages/zoeken.jsf

http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/brief_OCW_joint_degrees_9_juli_2010.pdf








of NVAO (see under Useful links).

programmes (wo) and higher professionally oriented education study programmes (hbo). The organisation’s tasks arise from the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW). Accreditation takes place at the request of the institutions, based on assessment reports produced by expert panels installed by NVAO. Accredited programmes are registered in the Central Register of Higher Education Study Programmes (CROHO), which contains an overview of all accredited study programmes in the Netherlands. Dutch Higher Education Institutions participating in an EMJMD application can proof the eligibility of their programme by including in their application a copy of the CROHO register as “proof of recognition”.

- Letter from the Minister of

16 December 2010: http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Brief_OCW__voorwaarden_joint_degree_16_dec_2010.pdf

- Letter of the Ministry of

Education 5 December 2013 regarding the evaluation of the legislation on good governance: https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/33824/kst-33824-1?resultIndex=4&sorttype=1&sortorder=4

Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO): http://nvao.com/ NVAO-documents regarding accreditation: - Accreditation frameworks 2014:

http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Beoordelingskaders_accreditatiestelsel_NL_19_december_2014_English.pdf

- Joint degree protocol for

existing programmes:

http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Brief_OCW__voorwaarden_joint_degree_16_dec_2010.pdf




https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/33824/kst-33824-1?resultIndex=4&sorttype=1&sortorder=4





http://nvao.com/










http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Protocol_Joint_Degree_accreditatie_ENGLISH_7_juni_2010.pdf

- Joint degree protocol for new

programmes: http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Protocol_Joint_Degree_tno_ENGLISH_7_juni_2010.pdf

NORWAY 60/90/120 Possible Possible

All universities are self-accrediting, and can choose which master degrees to create, while the university colleges must apply for this to the ENIC/NARIC (NOKUT)

http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20050401-015.html

POLAND 90/150

Possible. Graduates of the joint study programmes may be awarded double/multiple or joint degree. Issuing of joint diplomas is possible according to the law on higher education. A joint diploma must comply with the

Possible. Graduates of the joint study programmes may be awarded double/multiple or joint degree.

Pursuant to Article 168 of the Act of 27 July 2005, the Law on Higher Education (last update valid as from 1

st October 2014), degree

programmes of the first and second cycle as well as long cycle may be provided jointly by various higher education institutions, including foreign and other academic or research institutions on the basis of

http://www.nauka.gov.pl/en/reforms-of-research-and-higher-education-in-poland/





http://www.nvao.net/page/downloads/Protocol_Joint_Degree_tno_ENGLISH_7_juni_2010.pdf













requirements laid down in Regulation of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of 11 September 2011.

an agreement concluded between them. Such an agreement may specify the fields and cycles of degree programmes to be provided jointly.

PORTUGAL

90/120 (for some justified areas it is possible 60 ECTS credits) See diagram of Portuguese Higher education system: http://www.dges.mec.pt/en/pages/naric_pages/higher_education/diagram.html

Possible Graduates of the joint study programmes may be awarded a joint degree. Issuing of joint diplomas is possible according to the law on higher education.

Chapter VI (articles 41-43) of Decree-Law n° 74/2006, of the 24

th March foresees joint study

programmes and the degrees awarded. Higher Education Degrees and Diplomas: Decree-Law n° 74/2006 http://www.dges.mec.pt/en/files/naric/legislacao/Decree_law74-2006.pdf; changed partially by: Decree-Law n° 107/2008 http://www.mctes.pt/legislation/Decree_law107-2008.pdf; Decree-Law n° 230/2009 (not available in English) http://www.dges.mctes.pt/NR/rdonlyres/2A5E978A-0D63-4D4E-9812-46C28BA831BB/4627/DL_230_2009.pdf; Decree-Law n° 115/2013 (not

http://www.dges.mec.pt/en/pages/naric_pages/higher_education/diagram.html







http://www.dges.mec.pt/en/files/naric/legislacao/Decree_law74-2006.pdf



http://www.mctes.pt/legislation/Decree_law107-2008.pdf

http://www.mctes.pt/legislation/Decree_law107-2008.pdf

http://www.dges.mctes.pt/NR/rdonlyres/2A5E978A-0D63-4D4E-9812-46C28BA831BB/4627/DL_230_2009.pdf










available in English) https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2013/08/15100/0474904772.pdf Degrees should be accredited in our Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education – A3ES (http://www.a3es.pt/en), and registered in the Portuguese Directorate General for Higher Education – (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt)

https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2013/08/15100/0474904772.pdf



http://www.a3es.pt/en

http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt

http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt






ROMANIA 60/90/120 Not possible

Possible. The new law of national education allows, for HEIs, to organise common study programmes together with HEIs from abroad, but such programmes should be accredited by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in HE. The law does not mention anything about the possibility of issuing joint diplomas. Templates of diplomas are regulated by national regulations and therefore only double or multiple degrees are possible.

The current legislation does not mention joint degrees at all; nevertheless, it is possible to establish joint study programmes. As a result, a diploma is issued by one of the universities involved – as agreed in the bilateral inter-institutional agreement – and this diploma is then recognised by the other university involved.

The following link provides the text of the Law no. 1/2011, i.e. the law of education (in Romanian): http://www.edu.ro/index.php/legaldocs/14847

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

60/90/120

Possible [The Act on Higher Education N° 131/2002 Coll. as amended, § 54a, § 68 (8), § 83 (18)]

Possible [The Act on Higher Education N° 131/2002 Coll. as amended, § 54a, § 68 (8), § 83 (18)]

All study programmes provided by Slovak HEIs including joint/double degrees must be accredited by the Minister of Education based on the opinion of the Accreditation Commission, except of decisions according to § 83 (18).

The website of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, the page on HE legislation (in Slovak only): http://www.minedu.sk/860-sk/zakony/ The website of the Accreditation Commission (in English):

http://www.edu.ro/index.php/legaldocs/14847

http://www.edu.ro/index.php/legaldocs/14847

http://www.minedu.sk/860-sk/zakony/

http://www.minedu.sk/860-sk/zakony/






http://www.akredkom.sk/en/

SLOVENIA 60/90/120 Possible

Not possible. According Slovenian Higher Education Act double/multiple degrees not foreseen.

* Higher Education Act, Article 36 provides the following: each academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS. Master study programme may go on from 1 to 2 years corresponding the ECTS from 60 to 120 but must together with undergraduate study programme in the same academic discipline last 5 years – 300 ECTS (for example: 3-year undergraduate study programme – 180 ECTS must be continued with 2-year master – 120 ECTS; 4-year undergraduate study programme – 240 ECTS must be continued with 1-year master – 60 ECTS).

Uradni list Republike Slovenije (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Higher Education Act - available in Slovenian language): http://zakonodaja.gov.si/rpsi/r02/predpis_ZAKO172.html; Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education: http://www.nakvis.si/indexang.html

SPAIN 60/90/120 Possible for both public and private universities

Possible According to the Spanish Royal Decree 861/2010 of

http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2010/07/03/pdfs/BOE-A-2010-

http://www.akredkom.sk/en/

http://zakonodaja.gov.si/rpsi/r02/predpis_ZAKO172.html

http://zakonodaja.gov.si/rpsi/r02/predpis_ZAKO172.html

http://www.nakvis.si/indexang.html

http://www.nakvis.si/indexang.html

http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2010/07/03/pdfs/BOE-A-2010-10542.pdf







and Higher Education Institutions. Royal Decree 861/2010, of 2

nd July.

Royal Decree 1002/2011, of 5

th August for awarding

a specific model of Joint Diploma and Joint Diploma Supplement

2nd

July, that regulates tertiary education under the framework of the European Higher Education Area, only the Joint Master and Doctorate programmes that will be awarded with the Erasmus Mundus label by the European Commission will be automatically accredited and registered in the RUCT (The Register of Spanish Higher Education Institutions and programmes) by the Ministry of Education. (see "Disposición adicional duodécima" on page 9). But related to other national or international joint degrees (not Erasmus Mundus), these programmes must be accredited by the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher education (ANECA) before they start to be implemented. Royal Decree 1002/2011,

10542.pdf http://www.educacion.gob.es/dctm/ministerio/educacion/universidades/convocatorias/entidades/erasmus-mundus2/2011-documento-ministerio-prueba-reconocimiento-proof-of-recognition-2.pdf?documentId=0901e72b80aa37cc http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2010/08/06/pdfs/BOE-A-2010-12621.pdf


http://www.educacion.gob.es/dctm/ministerio/educacion/universidades/convocatorias/entidades/erasmus-mundus2/2011-documento-ministerio-prueba-reconocimiento-proof-of-recognition-2.pdf?documentId=0901e72b80aa37cc

















of 5th August provides a

specific model of joint diploma for Erasmus Mundus programmes in English (ANEXO XIII, page 36), as well as a specific model for the joint diploma supplement in English (ANEXO XII.B, page 31) following the recommendations and guidelines of the Council of Europe and UNESCO.

SWEDEN 60/90/120

Possible, by decision in the Parliament and written in the Higher Education Act.

Possible

Based on the principle that if the HEI has the right to issue a national degree in a certain area and level it also has the right to issue a joint degree at the same area and level.

http://www.uhr.se/sv/Information-in-English/Laws-and-regulations/The-Swedish-Higher-Education-Act/ (link to the Higher Education Act and other useful documents)

TURKEY 90/120

Possible. Regulation on Establishing Joint Educational Programmes between Turkish HEIs and HEIs abroad (OJ number: 26390 / 28.12.2006).

Possible. Regulation on Establishing Joint Educational Programmes between Turkish HEIs and HEIs abroad (OJ number: 26390 / 28.12.2006).

Needs former recognition approval from Turkish Council for Higher Education

Link for Regulation (Turkish): http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/guest/icerik/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_rEHF8BIsfYRx/10279/18047 Link for TR NQF (English): http://tyyc.yok.gov.tr/

UNITED KINGDOM 60/90/120 Possible, but depending on the regulation of each

Possible, but depending on the regulation of each

NA requires all selected EMJMD applicants to

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Masters-degree-

http://www.uhr.se/sv/Information-in-English/Laws-and-regulations/The-Swedish-Higher-Education-Act/




http://www.yok.gov.tr/web/guest/icerik/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_rEHF8BIsfYRx/10279/18047




http://tyyc.yok.gov.tr/

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Masters-degree-characteristics.pdf







institution institution produce evidence that their institution has recognised the proposed degree in the form of a signed document of the governing body or head of institution

characteristics.pdf http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/qualifications-frameworks.pdf


http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/qualifications-frameworks.pdf



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