European higher education used to be known for its very diverse national systems. Now, it is characterised by the Bologna Process, the process that established the European Higher Education Area.
This has lead to an increase in programmes taught in English, to internationally recognisable higher education structures and to transparent quality assurance measures.
The European Higher Education Area should in fact be identifiable by its transparency, by its comparable degrees organised in a three-cycle structure, by its cooperation in quality assurance and by its mutual recognition of degrees. This in order to allow unhampered mobility to students, graduates and higher education staff.