Holy See Quality Assurance Agency AVEPRO
The AVEPRO Agency The Holy See’s participation in the Bologna Process (which was formalized on September 19, 2003 during the meeting of European Education Ministers in Berlin) was also motivated by the wish to pursue and achieve a number of objectives that are envisaged by the Bologna Process itself, such as: Hence, the Agency of […]
Quality Culture for Ecclesiastical HEI
Promoting a Quality Culture The purpose of the guide “Promoting a Quality Culture” is to help ecclesiastical Universities/Faculties understand the norms that were introduced by the former Congregation for Catholic Education (CCE), since 2022 the Dicastery for Culture and Education (DCE), also in recent times, and implement them in a standardized way. Such norms and […]
Guide for Academic Institutions
Guide for Academic Institutions The broadly-accepted principle of the autonomy of Universities, and other higher education institutions, provides for concrete decisions on recognition – for academic reasons – to be taken by institution themselves which, however, must abide by international law (the Conventions) as well as national legislation which – normally – transposes and implements […]
Types of Recognition and Procedures
Types of Recognition Recognition is different depending on the reason why people want to have their specific competences recognized. Depending on the type of recognition, the authorities that are involved and/or are responsible for such procedures might change. Legal recognition: recognition of academic degrees for legal purposes. This recognition simply allows people to be called – […]
International Center for Recognition (ICR)
ICR activity and responsibilities The Holy See’s National Information Centre (NIC) is called the International Center for Recognition (ICR) and has global jurisdiction, since it is responsible under the four regional Recognition Conventions, not only the Tokyo Convention, and under the Global Convention. The Holy See’s Recognition Office aims at: Furthermore, the daily work of […]
Diploma Supplement
Diploma Supplements (DS) are additional documents that describe the qualifications obtained by students in the study program they have chosen, and the Higher Education System within which such qualifications were obtained. It is a tool that is meant to provide greater transparency and facilitate understanding and procedures to recognize qualifications and degrees obtained by students.They […]
Qualifications Framework of the Holy See
Higher education institutions of the Catholic Church are distinguished, according to their aims and course contents, into two categories: Ecclesiastical universities and Faculties depend directly upon the Holy See regarding their institution, their accreditation (including quality assurance), and the approval of their programmes and degrees and, therefore, are part of the Holy See’s Higher Education […]
Qualifications System of the Holy See
Within the overall architecture of university studies, each curriculum is structured in a consistent and integrated way. Legislation According to the normative indications found in Church documents, the formative offer and its curricula and study plans are regulated according to principles and norms which, based on subjects’ diversity, are included in ecclesiastical documents, especially from […]
Dicastery for Culture and Education
The Dicastery for Culture and Education gives practical expression to the concern of the Apostolic See for the promotion and organization of Catholic education, according to the provisions of the 2022 Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, especially articles 153-162. The Dicastery is responsible for: The structure of the Dicastery The Dicastery for Culture and Education currently […]
Ecclesiastical Higher Education Institutions
Academic university institutions of the Catholic Church are distinguished according to their aims, disciplines and programmes. Generally, there are two different kinds of institutions: Ecclesiastical universities and Faculties depend directly upon the Holy See regarding their institution, their accreditation (including quality assurance), and the approval of their programmes and degrees and, therefore, are part of […]