Population (mln): 10,9
Official language/s: Dutch, French, German
Internet TLD: .be
Calling code: +32
Member of the EU from: 23rd July 1952
Unemployment rate Sep 2011 (%): 7,3
Unemployment rate under 25 years Sep 2011 (%): 19,3
Unemployment rate Sep 2012 (%): 7,5
Unemployment rate under 25 years Sep 2012 (%): 18,9
Population statistics 20-29 age group 2011 (%): 12,5
Country codes in education system: BE
Expected duration of education (years): 19,6
Belgium (Flemish Community)Higher education comprises the following programmes:
- programmes organised by higher vocational education that lead to an associate degree, NQF Flanders 5
- programmes which lead to the degree of Bachelor, NQF Flanders 6;
- programmes which lead to the degree of Master, NQF Flanders 7;
- the degree of Doctor, NQF Flanders 8;
- programmes which may be rounded off with a postgraduate certificate;
- continuing education, shorter courses for advanced and in-service training purposes;
- the integrated teacher-training programmes (Bachelor in
education: nursery education, Bachelor in education: primary education
and Bachelor in education: secondary education) and the specific
teacher-training programmes organised by university colleges &
universities, which lead to the diploma of teacher (diploma van leraar).
In the wake of the Bologna Process, higher education in Flanders has
been reformed into a three-tier higher-education system with the
following key characteristics:
- The Flemish higher education structure
more information:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Belgium-Flemish-Community:Higher_Education
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