University tertiary education at first, second, and third cycle and single-cycle degree level

• –education and training courses based on programmes at ISCED-P 2011 levels 6, 7 and 8
• –first-cycle studies open to applicants with a secondary school leaving certificate and 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's degree courses open to applicants holding a secondary school leaving certificate and leading to a second-cycle qualification
• –postgraduate studies open to applicants who have completed at least first-cycle studies and leading to a postgraduate qualification
• –third-cycle studies (training for doctoral students) open to applicants holding at least second-cycle studies and leading to a third-cycle qualification
• –higher vocational and professional education and training programmes at ISCED-P 2011 level 6 and ISCED-P 2011 level 7, for example:
• –programmes leading to master craftsmen qualifications
• –programmes leading to language mediator 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
• –master courses at ISCED-P 2011 level 6, 7 and 8
• –other courses at ISCED-P 2011 level 6, 7 and 8

Excluded from class 85.40:

• ✕non-formal education and training, see 85.5