STRUCTURE OF FLEMISH EDUCATION SCHOOL YEAR 2006-2007
Bachelor following bachelor
Minimum of 60 credits Minimum of 60 credits
Minimum of 60 credits
Master following master
Master Bridging course
Minimum of 180 credits
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Doctor (Universities only)
Professional bachelor
Academic bachelor
COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION ONLY (3)
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION (ASSOCIATION) (4)
Theoretical age
Vocational (1)
4th stage
years
16
VII General
VI V
VII Art
VI V
VII Technical
VI V
VII
VI V
Vocational
3rd stage
16 14
General
IV III
IV III
Art
PART-TIME
IV III
Technical
V IV III
Vocational
2nd stage
14 12
II I
A
Pre-vocational
B
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION (2)
18
II I
1st stage years
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
12
VI V IV III II I
6 PRIMARY EDUCATION 6
2,5
NURSERY EDUCATION
(1) Everyone who succeeded in the second year of the third stage or passed an entrance exam, can enrol in the 4th stage of vocational education. (2) Modular education is not split up into stages and years and is therefore not included in this scheme. (3) The former one-cycle courses at the colleges for higher education are transformed into professional bachelor courses fromthe academic year 2004-2005 on. (4) The former two-cycle courses at the colleges for higher education and the academic courses at the universities are transformed into academic bachelor courses and master courses from the academic year 2004-2005 on. These courses are transformed from an at least two-year candidate course and an at least one-year master course. Candidate degrees are not declared equal to bachelor degrees.