Andorra
National Information Centre(s)
Secretaria d'Estat d'Ensenyament Superior i Recerca
Secretary of State of Higher Education and Research
Ministeri d'Educació i Cultura
Av. Rocafort, 21-23
AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
ANDORRA
Phone: +376 743 300
Fax: +376 743 313
E-mail: esuperior.gov@andorra.ad
Web site(s):
http://www.ensenyamentsuperior.ad
Contact person:
M. Enric Manel Garcia López
National Education Bodies
Official name:
Ministeri d'Educació i Cultura
Ministry of Education and Culture
Av. Rocafort, 21-23
AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
ANDORRA
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.ensenyamentsuperior.ad
Catalan: http://www.aiae.ad
System of Education
Andorran educational system
In Andorra there are 3 educational systems: Andorran, French and Spanish. Education is free from 3 to 16 years old and compulsory from 6 to 16 years old for all these systems.
After compulsory education, students can choose General studies in a High School or professional/vocation studies in each system.
Andorran system is a multilingual system where Catalan, French and Spanish are languages used as teaching languages. Enlgish is also taught as a Foreign language.
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.aiae.ad/
University Education
University of Andorra
Public University offering 4 present Bachelor degrees and a wide range of long-distance studies through the Spanish UOC University.
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.uda.ad/
Quality Assurance
Agència de qualitat de l'ensenyament superior d'Andorra (AQUA)
The AQUA was created by Decree in 2006 to supervise the current degrees ofered by the University of Andorra and new possible universities or higher education institutions.
Director of AQUA is Mr. Eric Jover and he can be reachable at:
eric_jover@govern.ad
Ministeri d'Educació i Cultura
Av. Rocafort, 21-23
AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
Post-secondary Non-university Education
Diploma Professional Avançat (DPA) and Brevet de Technitien Supérieur (BTS)
DPA is a 120 ECTS degree professional oriented in Computering and management
BTS is a 120 ECTS professional oriented in management of small and middle entreprises
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.uda.ad
Catalan and French: http://www.xena.ad
Recognized Higher Education Institutions
Universitat d'Andorra and Lycée Comte de Foix
Public higher education institutions
Policies and Procedures for the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
Law of Higher Education 12/2008, June and Decree of recognition of foreign qualifications published in 25 March 2009
With these new regulations, Andorra recognizes the level of qualifications according to the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Convention.
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.bopa.ad
Qualifications Framework
Framework
No link is available at this timeSelf Evaluation Report
Universitat d'Andorra
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.uda.ad
Diploma Supplement Information
Organisation responsible for the implementation of the DS
Universitat d’Andorra
University of Andorra
Plaça de la Germandat, 3
AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
ANDORRA
Phone: + 376 743 000
Link: Catalan
Additional information
Andorra has implemented the Diploma Supplement in accordance with the recommendations of UNESCO and the Council of Europe. It is available in Catalan, French, Spanish or English
Information on DS (legislation, template, chart, etc)
Decree regulating the creation of the European Diploma Suplement 14 July 2004 modified by the Decree of modification of the European DS 27 August 2008
Link(s):
Catalan: http://www.bopa.ad
Verified: 16. november 2009. a.
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