European Education Area

Eurydice

Eurydice consists of 40 Eurydice National Units based in all 36 countries participating in the EU Lifelong Learning Program (28 EU Member States, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and a coordinating central unit based in Brussels in the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

The Eurydice network is primarily concerned with how education systems are structured and organized at all levels in Europe. Eurydice provides a variety of information, namely:

• EURYPEDIA: Detailed descriptions and overviews of national education systems (National Education Systems and Policies)
• Comparative thematic reports on specific topics of Community interest (Reports on education topics)
• Indicators and statistics (key figures)
• A range of facts and figures in the field of education (e.g. national education structures, school and academic calendars, comparisons of teacher salaries and teaching hours during compulsory education) Facts and figures

All studies are available free of charge on this website and can be ordered or sent in printed form on request. Thanks to the RSS feed, you can also be informed about our new publications at any time.

Other relevant institutions in educational research:    
Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC of the European Commission)      
ETF - European Training Foundation      
CRELL - Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning - Joint Research Centre      
EUROSTAT - Statistical Office of the European Communities      
European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education      
CEDEFOP - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training      

Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/

ETER -   European tertiary education register