Relevant Documentation

General frame of reference

Europe

Meeting of European Ministers of Education

• Bologna Declaration
  •  Joint declaration of the European Ministers of Education met in Bologna, June, 1999 [pdf - 108Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• Sorbonne Declaration
  •  Joint declaration for the conciliation of the design of the European Higher Education System (responsibility of the four ministers representing France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom). The Sorbonne, Paris, May, 1998 [pdf - 18Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  Meeting of Prague: Communication of the European Ministers of Education met in Prague in 2001 [pdf - 76Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  Meeting of Berlin: Realising the European Higher Education Area. Statement of the Conference of Higher Education Ministers. Berlin, September 19th, 2003 [pdf - 36Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  Meeting of Bergen: The European Higher Education Area - Achieving the Goals. Bergen, May 19th - 20th, 2005 [pdf - 312Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  •  Meeting of Bergen: The European Higher Education Area - Achieving the Goals. Bergen, May 19th - 20th, 2005 (Galician version) [pdf - 38Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]

Meeting of London 2007

Next meeting in Lovaina (2009)

Europe: others

• Framework of Qualifications for the EHEA  
• Criteria and Guidelines to guarantee Quality in the EHEA 

European Universities Association (EUA)

• Lisbon 2007

Lisbon Declaration 2007. European universities beyond 2010. Diversity with a common purpose

• Glasgow 2005
  •  Glasgow  Declaration 2005. Strong Universities for a Strong Europe [pdf - 260Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• Graz 2003
  •  Graz  Declaration 2003. After Berlin: the role of universities [pdf - 134Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• Salamanca 2001
  • Message  of the Convention of European Higher Education Institutions, held at the University of Salamanca [pdf - 24Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• Trends in learning structures
  • Trends 2005. European Universities. Implementation of Bologna [pdf - 682Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  • Trends 2003. Progress towards the European Higher Education Area (July 2003). Translation by the University of Jaén [pdf - 3014Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  • Trends in Learning Structures in Higher Education (March - May, 2001) [pdf - 454Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  • Trends in Learning Structures in Higher Education. Guy Haug and Jette Kirstein (June 1999) [pdf - 270Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• Student Göteborg Convention (Göteborg, Sweden - March 2001) [pdf - 28Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]

Spain

• EHEA (Website of the Ministry of Science and Innovation with Information on the EHEA )
• MEC Workshops: Workshops 2008
•  The integration of the Spanish university system within the European Higher Education Area. Document-Framework. February, 2003 [pdf - 66Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• CRUE
  •  CRUE report on the proposal "La Organización de las Enseñanzas Universitarias en España (Organization of Higher Education in Spain)" [pdf - 34Kb][Modified: 06/06/2007]
  • Declaration of the Conference of the Spanish University Rectors (CRUE) on the European Higher Education Area (Madrid, October 6th, 2003) [pdf - 76Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  • Declaration of the Conference of the Spanish University Rectors (CRUE) on the European Higher Education Area (Santander, November 12th, 2003) [pdf - 118Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
  • The Declaration of Bologna and its Repercussions in the structure of the degrees in Spain.  Agreement of the General Assembly of the Conference of the Spanish University Rectors (July 8th, 2002)
  • Declaration of Bologna. Adaptation of the Spanish University System to the guidelines established by this Declaration (December 14th, 2000)

New regulation for teachers:

Last version of the Decrees of "Acreditación (Accreditation)" and of "Concursos (Selection processes)" [pdf - 75Kb][Modified: 05/03/2008]

 Draft of the Royal Decree on the regulation of the public selection system to access to university positions  [pdf - 4000Kb][Modified: 08/06/2007]

Structure of the Degrees

• Degrees for regulated professions

•  Royal Decree 1393/2007, of 29 October, on the establishment of the new system of official education organization  [pdf - 406Kb][Modified: 05/03/2008]

Homologation and Validation of Curricula

• ROYAL DECREE 285/2004 of February 20th, that regulates the conditions for homologation and validation of foreign higher education degrees and studies (Published in the BOE nº 55 of March 4th) [pdf - 48Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
• ROYAL DECREE 49/2004, of January 19th, on the homologation of official curricula and degrees with validity in the whole country [pdf - 44Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]

Credit System (ECTS)

• Royal Decree 1125/2003, of September 5th, on the establishment of the European credit system and the qualifications system in official university degrees with validity in the whole country (BOE nº 224 of September 18th, 2003) [pdf - 26Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  European Credit Transfer System. User's Guide of the European Commission(1998) [pdf - 302Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  The European credit and the Spanish education system (national technical group of experts, September, 2002) [pdf - 930Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]

Diploma Supplement

• Royal Decree 1044/2003, of August 1st, that establishes the procedure followed by the universities to issue the Diploma Supplement (BOE nº 218 of September 11th, 2003) [pdf - 42Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]
•  The Diploma Supplement (national technical group of experts September, 2002) [pdf - 166Kb][Modified: 07/06/2007]

Galicia

Galician Council of Universities: Guidelines for the introduction of degree and postgraduate studies  [pdf - 52Kb][Modified: 05/03/2008]