Education

#ESRS1934952AOrder of January 27, 2020, on University Degree Standards for Bachelor's and Master's Degrees

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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This law establishes the criteria for granting bachelor's and master's degree qualifications in France. It affects universities and other higher education institutions by setting academic quality standards, fostering professional integration, and promoting international mobility. Institutions must demonstrate their means and outcomes in teaching and research to obtain degree certification.

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Key Changes

  • Establishes academic standards for bachelor's and master's degrees.
  • Promotes international mobility and professional integration for students.
  • Requires higher education institutions to demonstrate educational quality and outcomes.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Universities and higher education institutions must submit a dossier for grade certification that demonstrates how the diploma and its training program meet all specified conditions, including academic quality, professional integration, student success, and social policy requirements.

Universities and higher education institutions awarding bachelor's and master's degrees
reporting
high

Institutions must justify specifically the means implemented and results obtained for degree programs seeking grade certification.

Universities and higher education institutions awarding bachelor's and master's degrees
reporting
high

Institutions must complete and regularly update a list of indicators provided by the minister responsible for higher education to demonstrate compliance with grade conditions.

Universities and higher education institutions awarding bachelor's and master's degrees
reporting
high

Bachelor's degree programs must include professional internships or work-based experience periods integrated into the curriculum.

Universities and higher education institutions awarding bachelor's degrees
operational
high

Master's degree programs must establish formalized partnerships with recognized state research units and demonstrate the involvement of the teaching team in evaluated research activities.

Universities and higher education institutions awarding master's degrees
operational

Affected Parties

Higher education institutions in FranceStudents pursuing bachelor's and master's degrees

Tags

higher education,degree standards,academic quality