Programmes of education and training that build on secondary education, providing learning activities in specialised fields at a high level of complexity and specialisation.
Comment
- Tertiary education includes what is commonly understood as academic education but also includes advanced vocational or professional education;
- there is usually a clear hierarchy between qualifications granted by tertiary education programmes: EQF levels 5 (short-cycle tertiary education), 6 (bachelor or equivalent level), 7 (master or equivalent level) and 8 (doctoral or equivalent level).
Source
Based on UNESCO, 2011.