Abstract

CRESPO, Vítor P.. Universities and Other Institutions of Higher Education in European Countries . Rev. Lusófona de Educação [online]. 2006, n.7, pp.41-57. ISSN 1645-7250.

The number of Higher Education institutions in the different countries in Europe is analysed. It is calculated the number of institutions per million of habitants. To increase the degree of comparability, the European countries are separated in tree groups: the large, the medium and the small size countries. In general are considered the various types of institutions - public and private, universities and other institutions of higher learning. The institutions/population ratios are very similar for the institutions of the same size group, with the exception of the Portuguese non university sector. One of the reasons for such behaviour can be found on the youth, and the historical context of the creation of these institutions. It is referred that the universities in Portugal rank low in excellence comparatively with what happens in a great number of other European countries Some criteria that may be used to bypass the singularity of the Portuguese higher education network are advanced.

Keywords : rankings; educational systems; comparative studies; Bologna process; Higher Education; academic degrees.

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