Regional Bologna Progress Report Says Much Left to be Done in Harmonizing Education Systems Much more needs to be done to harmonize Europe’s higher education system, according to a new report on the state of implementation of the Bologna Process across the European Higher Education Area…
Regional Increasing Number of University Mergers Across the Continent The European University Association (EUA) released a new report in April mapping and analyzing university mergers and concentration processes in 20 higher education systems across the continent over the last 15 years. The study, University mergers in Europe,…
Regional Nordic Countries Lead Europe for English-Language Provision The Nordic region has the greatest proportion of English-taught programs in Europe at the higher education level, according to a recent study by the Academic Cooperation Association. The report, English-Taught Programs in European Higher Education, found that 61 percent of…
France French Universities Perform Well in New Internationalization Ranking French institutions have performed particularly well in the second annual internationalization rankings from user-driven global higher education U-Multirank rankings, while all of the 27 of 237 institutions analyzed and achieving top scores are in Europe. This is the first year U-Multirank…
Finland Finland to Remain Tuition-Free for International Students The Finnish government has abandoned plans to introduce tuition fees for non-EEA students, following an October proposal from Minister for Education Krista Kiuru to implement fees from 2016. The government’s proposal suggested minimum tuition of €4,000 per year for non-Finnish…