New Zealand and the Bologna Process

12T 3Table THreeEHEA-Scotland Qualifications CompatibilityEHEA qualification cyclesShort cycle qualifications within orlinked to the first cycleIntermediate awards within thefirst cycleFirst cycle qualificationsIntermediate awards within thesecond cycleSecond cycle qualificationsThird cycle qualificationsQualifications within theframework for qualificationsof higher education institutionsin Scotland 4Diploma of Higher EducationCertificate of Higher EducationGraduate CertificateGraduate DiplomaScottish Bachelors DegreeScottish Bachelors Degree withHonoursPostgraduate DiplomaPostgraduate CertificateMasters DegreeIntegrated Masters DegreeMPhil DegreeDoctoral Degrees includingDoctorates by researchQualifications within the IrishNational Framework ofQualifications 5Higher CertificateHigher DiplomaOrdinary Bachelor DegreeHonours Bachelor DegreePostgraduate DiplomaMasters DegreeDoctoral DegreeNew Zealand ComparabilityNew Zealand degree structures are compatible with Bologna. Our Bachelor-Masters-Doctorate qualifications structure equates with Bologna’s threecycles. Within the Bologna Process there is no further definition of courselength other than that of a first cycle degree of not less than three years.Further ActionThe Ministry of Education will continue to monitor the debate among theBologna signatories regarding Honours degrees, one year Masters degreesand Integrated Masters degrees.Tertiary education organisations (TEOs) may wish to examine how theirown programme structures relate to the Bologna outcomes, includingexpectations of access to higher degrees.4http://www.enic-naric.net/documents/QF-Scotland_en.pdf5http://www.enic-naric.net/documents/QF-Ireland_en.pdf