MSIC 854—Tertiary education

Where 854 sits

1. Q Education
2. 85 Education
3. 854 Tertiary education

Contains 1 narrower code

• 8540 Tertiary education

What 854 includes

• This group includes the furnishing of tertiary academic, professional and vocational courses and granting of degrees at short-cycle bachelor or equivalent level, master's or equivalent level.
• This group includes education in public and private universities provided at the level of short cycle studies, usually based on practical learning appropriate to the performance of a given profession and preparing students for entry into the labour market or other higher education programmes, first cycle studies, where applicants are accepted with a secondary school leaving certificate, leading to a first degree qualification, second-cycle studies open to applicants holding at least a first-cycle qualification and leading to a second-cycle qualification, comprehensive master degree courses open to applicants holding a secondary school leaving certificate and leading to a second-cycle qualification, postgraduate studies, which shall be open to candidates who have completed at least first-cycle studies leading to a postgraduate qualification, education in doctoral schools third-cycle studies (training for doctoral students) to which candidates are admitted if they have completed at least second-cycle studies, leading to a third-cycle qualification. Education shall be conducted as full-time and part-time studies.
• This group also includes, short-cycle vocational education and training programmes at ISCED-P 2011 level 5, higher vocational and professional education and training programmes at ISCED-P 2011 level 6 and ISCED-P 2011 level 7, for example those leading to master craftsmen qualifications, education activities of performing arts schools providing tertiary education, adult or continuing education programmes equivalent in complexity of content to the education given in education activities already classified at this level.

What 854 excludes

• This group excludes non-formal education and training (see group 855) .

854 in other systems