Student Mobility & the International

Table of Content

1. Introduction……………………………………………………..…………….……….3

2. History and Development……………………………………………………...…...…4

2.1 The First Stage …………………………………………………..….…………….…..4
2.2 The Second Stage……………………………………………….…………….….........5
2.3 The Third Stage…………………………………………….………………….….…...5
2.4 The Fourth Stage………………………………………………………………………5

3. Signing of the Bologna Declaration……………………….………………………….6

3.1 Bologna Reform……………………………………………………………………….7

3.2 Credit Point System………………………………………………………...…………7

4. Statistics……..…………………………………………………………………………9

5. Funding…………………………………………………………………………...…..10

6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………11

7. Literature and Sources………………………………………………………………13

1. Introduction

The Bologna process has made positive contributions to the higher education system in Europe by enabling better quality in education, opportunities for mobility, and by challenging national borders[1]. Teichler, the author of International Student Mobility in Europe in the Context of the Bologna Process, states in his article that ministers in various European countries have adopted similar study programs in hopes of increasing the attractiveness for students from other parts of the world to study in Europe and to promote intra-European mobility[2]. These study programs would offer the student a whole study program or one which is temporary.[3] In the last ten years progress has been made with positive results but there are still problems which need to be addressed[4]. The methods used to research and monitor the results of mobility still has a few problems, such as insufficient statistics when it comes to measuring temporary mobility for “foreign” and “mobile” students[5]. This is