Tertiary education

This class includes the furnishing of tertiary academic, professional and vocational courses and granting of degrees at short-cycle bachelor or equivalent level, master’s or equivalent level. This class includes education in public and private universities provided at the level of: - short cycle studies, usually based on practical learning appropriate to the performance of a given profession and preparing students for entry into the labour market or other higher education programmes, - first cycle studies, where applicants are accepted with a secondary school leaving certificate, leading to a first degree qualification, - second-cycle studies open to applicants holding at least a first-cycle qualification and leading to a second-cycle qualification, - comprehensive master degree courses open to applicants holding a secondary school leaving certificate and leading to a second-cycle qualification, - postgraduate studies, which shall be open to candidates who have completed at least first-cycle studies leading to a postgraduate qualification, - education in doctoral schools third-cycle studies (training for doctoral students) to which candidates are admitted if they have completed at least second-cycle studies, leading to a third-cycle qualification. Education shall be conducted as full-time and part-time studies. This class also includes: - short-cycle vocational education and training programmes at ISCED-P 2011 level 5, - higher vocational and professional education and training programmes at ISCED-P 2011 level 6 and ISCED-P 2011 level 7, for example those leading to master craftsmen qualifications, - education activities of performing arts schools providing tertiary education, - adult or continuing education programmes equivalent in complexity of content to the education given in education activities already classified at this level.

This class excludes: - non-formal education and training, see 855