Annex IV

Annex IV. Higher Education Institutions and Other Organisations Authorised to Award Doctoral Degrees

To be automatically recognised under this agreement, doctoral degrees must be awarded by the higher education institutions and other authorised organisations listed below.

1. In the Flemish Community of Belgium:

• Only universities, namely (currently):
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven;
  • transnationale Universiteit Limburg;
  • Universiteit Hasselt;
  • Universiteit Antwerpen;
  • Universiteit Gent;
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• and the following two institutions:
  • Evangelische Theologische Faculteit;
  • Faculteit voor Protestantse Theologie en Religiestudies.

2. In the French Community of Belgium:

• The authorisation to award the academic degree of Doctor (Docteur) has been granted to each recognised university listed in the legislation Décret du 7 novembre 2013 définissant le paysage de l’enseignement supérieur et l’organisation académique des études.

3. In the German-speaking Community of Belgium:

• Not applicable

4. In the Republic of Estonia:

• A full list of all recognised higher education institutions offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees and programmes is available on the Estonian ENIC/NARIC website.

5. In the Republic of Latvia:

• The information to be included in this annex is available on the e-platform “Evaluation of higher education institutions/colleges, accreditation of study directions, and licensing of study programmes“.

6. In the Republic of Lithuania:

• A full list of all recognised higher education institutions offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees and programmes is available in the AIKOS system, an open information, counselling and guidance system based on databases and registers.

7. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:

• Only the University of Luxembourg (Université du Luxembourg) is authorised to award doctoral degrees.
• Accredited private higher education institutions and their programmes: see the list prepared by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

8. In the Kingdom of the Netherlands:

• See the legislation Wet van 8 oktober 1992, houdende bepalingen met betrekking tot het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek.