Bachelor and Master structure

After signing the Bologna Declaration the Flemish Minister of Education started a process to reform the Flemish higher education system. The Flemish Parliament adopted a new Higher Education Act on the 4 April 2003. The degree structure based on three main cycles constitutes the core of the Act, which introduced this new structure for all programmes in the 2004/05 academic year. For longer programmes, it may last until 2010.

The higher educational system consists of professional bachelor’s degrees and two-tier academic bachelor’s and master’s degrees.