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UNIVERSITY VOCABULARY

by Prof. Victoria STRATAN PhD

1. Higher education institution - Institution which, in accordance with
domestic law or national practice, offers recognized diplomas or other
recognized tertiary level qualifications, regardless of the name of the institution,
or another comparable tertiary level institution that the national authorities
consider eligible to participate in the program in the territories under their
jurisdiction.
2. Student - Person attending the courses of a university or
of a higher education institute.
3. Campus - University complex including buildings and facilities
for education, research, living, leisure, etc.
4. Diploma - Official document certifying the professional training of a person,
a certain title, etc.
5. Joint Degree - Single degree awarded to a student upon successful
completion of a joint program. The joint diploma must be signed jointly by the
competent authorities from two or more participating institutions, and officially
recognized in the countries where the participating institutions are located.
6. Diploma Supplement - An appendix to the official qualification document
which is intended to provide more detailed information on studies completed in
an agreed and recognized format
internationally.
7. Academic mobility - Process of participation of students and teaching staff
in study and research programs carried out
in institutions from the country and abroad.
8. Transferable study credits - Conventional numerical values, assigned to
each discipline or distinct activity from the study plan
education, which expresses the amount of effort required from the student to
reach the minimum level of programmed learning objectives and purposes.
9. Study cycle - Sequence of education and training, in higher education, with
the established duration, which ends with
appropriate final assessment followed by award
professional qualification and/or a title, as the case may be,
as well as with the issuance of the corresponding study document.
10. Specialty - Complex of professional skills obtained through training in a
certain field.
11. Special educational requirements - Educational needs of the student,
which involve training adapted to individual particularities or characteristic of a
disability or learning disorder, as well as a specific intervention through actions
of
appropriate rehabilitation or recovery.