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CNAE 85.41—University education

Class · Clasificación Nacional de Actividades Económicas (2025)

Where 85.41 sits

  1. Q Education
  2. 85 Education
  3. 85.4 Tertiary education
  4. 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
CNAE BrazilBrazil
HSICHong Kong
ICNEAChina
ISICUnited Nations (global)
JSICJapan
MSICMalaysia
NACEEuropean Union
NAFFrance
NAICSUnited States
NAICS CanadaCanada
SICUnited States (legacy)
SNISweden
SSICSingapore
UK SICUnited Kingdom

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