Bologna Declaration 1999

E98910

founding document of the Bologna Process higher education reform declaration intergovernmental agreement

The Bologna Declaration 1999 is a landmark European higher education reform agreement that launched the Bologna Process to create a more comparable, compatible, and coherent system of university degrees across Europe.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bologna Process	11
Bologna Declaration	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	founding document of the Bologna Process ⓘ higher education reform declaration ⓘ intergovernmental agreement ⓘ
aimsTo	adopt a system based on two main cycles ⓘ adopt a system of easily readable and comparable degrees ⓘ create a more coherent system of university degrees in Europe ⓘ create a more comparable system of university degrees in Europe ⓘ create a more compatible system of university degrees in Europe ⓘ enhance international competitiveness of European higher education ⓘ establish a credit system such as ECTS ⓘ promote European cooperation in quality assurance ⓘ promote European dimensions in higher education ⓘ promote European higher education convergence ⓘ promote employability of graduates ⓘ promote staff mobility ⓘ promote student mobility ⓘ
encourages	lifelong learning ⓘ recognition of periods of study abroad ⓘ use of a diploma supplement ⓘ
focusesOn	higher education ⓘ
geographicalScope	Europe ⓘ
hasDate	1999-06-19 ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ other official languages of signatory states ⓘ
hasNumberOfInitialSignatories	29 ⓘ
hasSignificance	cornerstone of the Bologna Process ⓘ milestone in European higher education reform ⓘ
hasYear	1999 ⓘ
introducedConcept	European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System alignment ⓘ bachelor-master-doctorate structure ⓘ three-cycle degree structure ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs	Bologna Declaration 1999 ⓘ surface form: Bologna Declaration
isPartOf	European Higher Education Area formation ⓘ
launched	Bologna Declaration 1999 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bologna Process
policyArea	European integration ⓘ education policy ⓘ
precedes	Bergen Communiqué 2005 ⓘ Berlin Communiqué 2003 ⓘ Budapest-Vienna Declaration 2010 ⓘ Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué 2009 ⓘ London Communiqué 2007 ⓘ Prague Communiqué 2001 ⓘ
relatedTo	Sorbonne Declaration 1998 ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of the European Higher Education Area ⓘ
setsFrameworkFor	harmonisation of degree structures in Europe ⓘ
signedBy	education ministers of 29 European countries ⓘ
wasSignedIn	Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasSignedInCountry	Italy ⓘ