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This Convention is the first legal instrument to have been concluded on a Europe-wide scale to make it easier for students to move from one university to another during their studies. It constitutes the legal basis for recognition by a student's university of origin of periods spent in a university abroad, whether or not a certificate is issued attesting to them. Such recognition presupposes that there has been a prior agreement between the two universities concerned.

• European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities (ETS No. 15).
• European Cultural Convention (ETS No. 18).
• European Convention on the Equivalence of Periods of University Study (ETS No. 21).
• European Convention on the Academic Recognition of University Qualifications (ETS No. 32)
• Protocol to the European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities (ETS No. 49)
• Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (ETS No. 165).
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• Note for information - Accession to the European Convention on the General Equivalence of Periods of University Study by a State which is not a member of the Council of Europe.

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