The Effects of the Bologna Process on the European Higher Education Systems

An analysis regarding the status of the degree structure implementation in the higher education systems from Romania and Germany

Starting with the analysis of the Bologna Process’ necessity, as an European reform system, and taking into account the opportunities and needs of the involved countries, the study wants to overhear the different implementation strategies of the new study cycle system in an Eastern European and a Western European country, as well as the extent to which the Bologna principles are implemented rather by heart or by word.

Based on the official declaration and communiqués of the European ministers of education, the country reports, stocktaking reports, country laws, statistics and other articles on this topic, a study of related literature has been done. At the beginning the author wants to create an image about the two higher education systems included in the study, then to shortly present the action lines of the Bologna Process, accentuating the one regarding the cycle system, in order to create the basis for the last part of the study, a comprehensive analysis of the cycle system implementation in Romania and Germany.

The results of the study showed that the different strategies didn’t lead to a faster implementation or a more accurate one, but to a slowly and conscientious process. The different approaches had a positive effect upon the implementation time, and the lack of information of the involved actors is a common problem in both countries.

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