ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build on the Eurydice Report on the national higher education system but complement it with quantitative information on…
Internationalisation of higher education plays a key role in ensuring that Europe becomes a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. Internationalisation encompasses short-term and/or long-term mobility of students and staff, strategic partnerships on education, research and innovation, curriculum development, shared or…
The way resources are allocated to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) represents a key dimension of public policies in order to secure responsiveness of higher education to societal needs and in order to ensure an efficient use of resources in a…
Expanding the geographical coverage of higher education is an important means to achieve two key objectives of the European Union Agenda for Higher Education. On the one hand, a broader geographical coverage lowers costs and barriers for students’ access to…
The European higher education sector is, despite important commonalities, a very heterogeneous gathering of national higher education systems. In a rough classification, systems could be divided into two large groups: unitary systems, which are systems dominated by universities, and dual…
The main highlights of the policy brief are: The majority of European countries and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have achieved gender balance (40‐60%) among academic staff. A high proportion of female academic staff, yet female full professors are in the…
The main highlights of this policy brief are: Almost half of the HEIs in ETER are very small to small; 42% are medium-sized, and only 12% are large to very large. The size distribution of HEIs displays large differences between…
This policy brief highlights the potential of ETER data to study the regional distribution of HEIs and their contribution to regional development. The main highlights are: The regions with a large number of HEIs are large metropolitan areas (in particular…
This policy brief highlights a core goal of the European Education Area, i.e. furthering student mobility at the international level. The main highlights are: Degree mobility at the bachelor level remains concentrated among a small number of HEIs. Erasmus credit…
This brief shows how higher education in Europe is continuously subject to change, with new entries, mergers and foundations of new institutions. The main highlights are: European higher education is formed of layers created in different historical periods and with…
This brief analyses the different patterns of subject specialization of European HEIs. The main highlights are: The core of the European higher education landscape, for both education and research, is composed by generalist institutions. The rationale for and characteristics of…
