ATECO 2025 85401 → EMTAK 2025-Entsprechung (Estonia)

Gemeinsame EU-Oberklasse

85.40

Tertiary education

This class includes the furnishing of tertiary academic, professional and vocational courses and the granting of degrees at short-cycle, bachelor’s or equivalent level, master’s or equivalent level, and doctoral level. This class 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 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 Education may be conducted as full-time or part-time studies. This class 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 This class excludes: - non-formal education and training, see 85.5