CNAEClass
CNAE 85.41—University education
Class · Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas (2025)
Where 85.41 sits
- Q Education
- 85 Education
- 85.4 Tertiary education
- 85.41 University education
What 85.41 includes
- This category includes the provision of academic and professional tertiary education and the awarding of short-cycle or equivalent qualifications, master's or equivalent qualifications, or doctoral degrees.
- This category includes education provided at public and private universities, such as: Undergraduate studies, open to students with a secondary education certificate, leading to an undergraduate degree
- Graduate studies, open to students holding at least an undergraduate degree, leading to an undergraduate degree
- Comprehensive master's degrees, open to students holding a secondary education certificate, leading to an undergraduate degree
- Postgraduate studies, open to students who have completed at least undergraduate studies, leading to an undergraduate degree
- Doctoral studies (training for doctoral students), open to students who have completed at least undergraduate studies, leading to an undergraduate degree
- Higher artistic education leading to qualifications equivalent in all respects to university degrees (Advanced Studies or Higher Degree in Music and Dance, Dramatic Arts Studies, Studies in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, and other Advanced Studies in Visual Arts and Design)
- Other Studies equivalent to university degrees (Military training for entry into the Officer Corps of the Armed Forces and Civil Guard, Tourism studies, etc.)
- Official professional specialization programs requiring a university degree (Healthcare specializations, Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude, etc.)
- Education must be undertaken in a full-time or part-time format.
- The educational activities of performing arts schools that provide tertiary education
- Adult education or continuing education programs whose content complexity is equivalent to that of the education provided in activities already classified at this level
What 85.41 excludes
- Non-formal education and training (see 85.5)
85.41 in other systems
ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
- 8102 Higher Education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8101 Technical and Vocational Education and Training approximate via ISIC 8540
ATECOItaly
- 85.40.20 Other tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40.10 Short-cycle tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.00 Post-secondary non-tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 85.40
- 85.40.1 Short-cycle tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
- 85.33 Post-secondary non-tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.0 Post-secondary non-tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
- 85.40.2 Other tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
CNAE BrazilBrazil
- 85.91-1 Sports education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.13-9 Elementary education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.50-3 Activities to support education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.11-2 Early childhood education - daycare inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.12-1 Early childhood education - preschool inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.41-4 Vocational education at the technical level inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85.42-2 Vocational education at the technological level inferred via ISIC 8540
- 8592-9/03 Music education inferred via ISIC 8540
HSICHong Kong
- 851 Primary and pre-primary education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 854300 Special education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 854299 Other cultural education inferred via ISIC 8540
- 855000 Educational support services inferred via ISIC 8540
- 8530 Universities and colleges providing post-secondary courses inferred via ISIC 8540
- 854999 Other miscellaneous education n.e.c. inferred via ISIC 8540
- P Education broader via ISIC 8540
- 85 Education broader via ISIC 8540
ICNEAChina
- 8341 General higher education contained via ISIC 8540
ISICUnited Nations (global)
- 8540 Tertiary education contained via ISIC 85.40
JSICJapan
- 8161 Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8162 Junior colleges approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8163 Colleges of technology approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8221 Employee training facilities and supporting facilities approximate via ISIC 8540
KSICSouth Korea
- 85302 Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85303 It refers to an institution that provides highly specialized curriculum education on the same subject majored in the university course to individuals who have completed a university education. approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85301 Junior technical and vocational colleges approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8530 Higher education broader via ISIC 8540
MSICMalaysia
- 85401 College and university education (Public) approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85402 College and university education (Private) approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8540 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
NACEEuropean Union
- 85.40 Tertiary education contained
- 85.33 Post-secondary non-tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
NAFFrance
- 85.40Y Higher education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33Y Education post-secondary non-tertiary approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Higher education broader via ISIC 85.40
- 85.33 Education post-secondary non-tertiary broader via ISIC 8540
NAICSUnited States
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools approximate via ISIC 8540
- 611210 Junior Colleges approximate via ISIC 8540
NAICS CanadaCanada
- 611310 Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 611210 Community colleges and C.E.G.E.P.s approximate via ISIC 8540
NICIndia
- 854003 Tertiary Medical Education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854001 Tertiary education at Under Graduate level with programme duration of upto 4 years approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854006 Post-Graduate education diploma level other than Medical courses approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854005 Tertiary Education at Ph.D level/ Post Doctorate Level other than Medical courses approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854004 Tertiary Education at Post Graduate level (Masters Degree courses) other than diploma courses and Medical courses approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854099 Other tertiary education activities n.e.c. Such as activities of CA, CS Institutes approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854002 Professional and Second level Under Graduate Programs like B. Ed, B. Arc. LLB, and similar professional courses approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8540 Tertiary Education broader via ISIC 8540
NOGASwitzerland
- 854002 Universities of applied sciences and teacher education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854003 Professional education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 853300 Post-secondary non-tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 854001 Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8540 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 85.40
- 8533 Post-secondary non-tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
PKDPoland
- 85.40.Z Higher education institutions approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.B Colleges of social service workers approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.A Post-secondary schools approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Higher education institutions broader via ISIC 85.40
- 85.33 Post-secondary schools, colleges for social workers and teacher training institutions broader via ISIC 8540
SCIANMexico
- 611312 Public sector higher education institutions inferred via ISIC 8540
- 611311 Private sector higher education institutions inferred via ISIC 8540
- 611212 Public sector higher technical education schools inferred via ISIC 8540
- 611211 Private sector higher technical education schools inferred via ISIC 8540
- 61 Educational services broader via ISIC 8540
- 611 Educational services broader via ISIC 8540
- 6113 Higher education schools broader via ISIC 8540
- 6112 Higher technical education schools broader via ISIC 8540
SICUnited States (legacy)
- 8221 Colleges and Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8222 Junior Colleges approximate via ISIC 8540
- 8231 Libraries inferred via ISIC 8540
SNISweden
- 85.400 Tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.330 Post-secondary non-tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 85.40
- 85.33 Post-secondary non-tertiary education broader via ISIC 8540
SSICSingapore
- 85402 Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85404 Commercial schools offering tertiary education programmes approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85401 Polytechnics approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85403 Teachers' training institute approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85609 Educational support services n.e.c. inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85602 Examination and accreditation agencies for education services inferred via ISIC 8540
- 85601 Student recruitment agencies inferred via ISIC 8540
- 8540 Tertiary Education broader via ISIC 8540
UK SICUnited Kingdom
- 85.401 First-degree level higher education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.402 Post-graduate level higher education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33 Post-secondary non-tertiary education approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 85.40
WZGermany
- 85.40.1 Universities approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40.9 Tertiary education n.e.c. approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.2 Post-secondary non-tertiary education in social sector schools approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.1 Post-secondary non-tertiary education in health sector schools approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.33.3 Other post-secondary non-tertiary education programmes approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40.2 Universities of applied sciences, cooperative state universities and colleges of public administration approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40.3 Advanced vocational training, schools for continuing vocational training approximate via ISIC 8540
- 85.40 Tertiary education broader via ISIC 85.40
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