| Level
|
Level description |
Level OSM key |
Category
|
Category description
|
Sub-category
|
Sub-category description
|
| 0
|
Early childhood education
|
isced:2011:programme=early_childhood |
01
|
Early childhood educational development
|
010
|
Education programmes targeting children under 3 years old
|
| 02
|
Pre-primary education
|
020
|
Designed for children from age 3 years to the start of primary education
|
| 1
|
Primary education
|
isced:2011:programme=primary |
10
|
|
100
|
|
| 2
|
Lower secondary education
|
isced:2011:programme=lower_secondary |
24
|
Lower secondary general education |
241
|
Insufficient for level completion or partial level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 242
|
Sufficient for partial level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 243
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 244
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 25
|
Lower secondary vocational education
|
251
|
Insufficient for level completion or partial level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 252
|
Sufficient for partial level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 253
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 254
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to upper secondary education
|
| 3
|
Upper secondary education
|
isced:2011:programme=upper_secondary |
34
|
Upper secondary general education |
341
|
Insufficient for level completion or partial level completion, without direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education or tertiary education
|
| 342
|
Sufficient for partial level completion, without direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education or tertiary education
|
| 343
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education (but may give direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
|
| 344
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to tertiary education (may also give direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
|
| 35
|
Upper secondary vocational education
|
351
|
Insufficient for level completion or partial level completion, without direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education or tertiary education
|
| 352
|
Sufficient for partial level completion, without direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education or tertiary education
|
| 353
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education (but may give direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
|
| 354
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to tertiary education (may also give direct access to post-secondary non-tertiary education)
|
| 4
|
Post-secondary non-tertiary education
|
isced:2011:programme=post_secondary |
44
|
Post-secondary non-tertiary general education |
441
|
Insufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education
|
| 443
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education
|
| 444
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to tertiary education
|
| 45
|
Post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education
|
451
|
Insufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education
|
| 453
|
Sufficient for level completion, without direct access to tertiary education
|
| 454
|
Sufficient for level completion, with direct access to tertiary education
|
| 5
|
Short-cycle tertiary education
|
isced:2011:programme=short_tertiary |
54
|
Short-cycle tertiary general education
(To be used at ISCED level 5 in the absence of internationally agreed definitions for academic and professional orientations at the tertiary level.)
|
541
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 544
|
Sufficient for level completion
|
| 55
|
Short-cycle tertiary vocational education
(To be used at ISCED level 5 in the absence of internationally agreed definitions for academic and professional orientations at the tertiary level.)
|
551
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 554
|
Sufficient for level completion
|
| 6
|
Bachelor’s or equivalent level
|
isced:2011:programme=bachelor |
64
|
Bachelor’s or equivalent level, academic |
641
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 645
|
First degree (3-4 years)
|
| 646
|
Long first degree (more than 4 years)
|
| 647
|
Second or further degree, following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme
|
| 65
|
Bachelor’s or equivalent level, professional
|
651
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 655
|
First degree (3-4 years)
|
| 656
|
Long first degree (more than 4 years)
|
| 657
|
Second or further degree, following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme
|
| 66
|
Bachelor’s or equivalent level, orientation unspecified
(To be used at ISCED level 6 in the absence of internationally-agreed definitions for academic and professional orientations at the tertiary level.)
|
661
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 665
|
First degree (3-4 years)
|
| 666
|
Long first degree (more than 4 years)
|
| 667
|
Second or further degree, following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme
|
| 7
|
Master’s or equivalent level
|
isced:2011:programme=master |
74
|
Master’s or equivalent level, academic |
741
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 746
|
Long first degree (at least 5 years)
|
| 747
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 748
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Master’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 75
|
Master’s or equivalent level, professional
|
751
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 756
|
Long first degree (at least 5 years)
|
| 757
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 758
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Master’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 76
|
Master’s or equivalent level, orientation unspecified
(To be used at ISCED level 7 in the absence of internationally-agreed definitions for academic and professional orientations at the tertiary level.)
|
761
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 766
|
Long first degree (at least 5 years)
|
| 767
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Bachelor’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 768
|
Second or further degree (following successful completion of a Master’s or equivalent programme)
|
| 8
|
Doctoral or equivalent level
|
isced:2011:programme=doctoral
|
84
|
Doctoral or equivalent level, academic
|
841
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 844
|
Sufficient for level completion
|
| 85
|
Doctoral or equivalent level, professional
|
851
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 854
|
Sufficient for level completion
|
| 86
|
Doctoral or equivalent level, orientation unspecified
(To be used at ISCED level 8 in the absence of internationally-agreed definitions for academic and professional orientations at the tertiary level.)
|
861
|
Insufficient for level completion
|
| 864
|
Sufficient for level completion
|
| 9
|
Not elsewhere classified
|
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