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Professional masters: an international comparative study

This report offers an analysis of professional Master degrees in six European countries. The issues related to prof... Show more
This report offers an analysis of professional Master degrees in six European countries. The issues related to professional Masters seem to be a response to several common pressures in current higher education environment: massification of postgraduate education, life-long learning goals, Bologna degree reform, increasing research orientation of the [Universities of Applied Sciences] UAS institutions, and internationalization. While the pressures are common to all, solutions seem to be quite different. Professional Master programmes in the six countries take quite a different form. Since countries have approached professional Masters differently, there seem to be no discussions that are common to all countries. Some issues that some countries have been or are still discussing are, for example: (1) should the title of the postgraduate degree in the UAS sector be identical or different to the degree in academic universities (Finland, Germany); and (2) what other opportunities would fill the need of advanced level training in the context of life-long-learning and how they related to professional Masters (Flanders, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland).
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Authors: Beerkens, Maarja; Dassen, Adrie; Leisyte, Liudvika; Vossensteyn, Hans ... [+] Show more

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: Europe; Finland; Belgium ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Higher education; Qualifications; Students ... [+] Show more

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Professional masters: an international comparative study