The Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document attached to a higher education diploma aiming at improving international ‘transparency' and at facilitating the academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates etc.). It is designed to provide a description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were successfully completed by the individual named on the original qualification to which this supplement is appended. What does the Diploma Supplement offer to students? 

• A diploma that is more readable and easily comparable abroad.
• A precise description of their academic career and the competencies acquired during the study period.
• Objective description of their achievements and competencies
• An easier access to opportunities of work or further studies abroad
• It fosters their employability

 What does the Diploma Supplement offer to higher education institutions? 

• It facilitates academic and professional recognition, thus increasing the transparency of qualifications.
• It protects national/institutional autonomy while offering a common frame which is accepted all over Europe.
• It promotes informed judgements about qualifications that can be understood in another educational context.
• It raises the visibility of the institution abroad.
• It promotes the employability of their graduates at national and international level.
• It helps saving time since it provides the answers to a lot of recurrent questions put to administrative services in institutions about the content and portability of diplomas.

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2011/selection/selection_ects_2011_en.php

31.10.2011