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Erasmus students inscription for the Spring Semester of the Free University of Berlin
  • Press release

Commission rolls out plans for a European degree

We are one step closer to creating a European degree, a new type of joint programme between universities from different EU countries that will be recognised across the EU. This comes after the Commission presented a package to advance cross-border cooperation between higher education institutions.

Vocational Education and Training School in Netherlands
  • News article

Improving the quality of traineeships in the EU

The European Commission has proposed new actions to improve and enforce working conditions for trainees, and ensure everyone can do a traineeship regardless of their socio-economic background or disability.