Diploma Supplement

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The Diploma Supplement is a standardized document accompanying a higher education degree that transparently explains a graduate’s qualifications to improve international recognition and mobility within the European Higher Education Area.

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instanceOf European higher education instrument
academic document
qualification supplement
contributesTo internationalization of higher education
quality assurance in higher education
hasCharacteristic does not contain recognition decisions
does not contain statements of equivalence
does not replace the original diploma
is designed to be easily understood across countries
is free from value judgements
is standardized in structure
provides additional information to the original diploma
hasLanguage issued in the national language of the institution
widely issued in English
hasPurpose to explain the nature, level, context, content and status of studies completed
to facilitate academic recognition
to facilitate professional recognition
to improve transparency of qualifications
to support graduate mobility
hasSection additional information
certification of the supplement
information identifying the holder of the qualification
information identifying the qualification
information on the contents and results gained
information on the function of the qualification
information on the level of the qualification
information on the national higher education system
isBasedOn a standard model developed by UNESCO
a standard model developed by the Council of Europe
a standard model developed by the European Commission
isIssuedBy higher education institutions
isIssuedTo graduates of higher education programmes
isIssuedWith higher education degree
isRecommendedBy Council of Europe
European Commission
UNESCO
isTargetedAt employers
higher education institutions
other stakeholders in higher education
recognition authorities
isUsedIn Bologna Process countries
European Higher Education Area
relatesTo Bologna Process
European Higher Education Area
supports European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
linked to: ECTS

comparability of higher education qualifications
implementation of the Bologna Process

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European Higher Education Area hasKeyInstrument European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
linked to: Diploma Supplement
DS standsFor Diploma Supplement