期刊名称：Revista de Psicodidáctica / Journal of Psychodidactics
印刷版ISSN：2254-4372
出版年度：2013
卷号：18
期号：1
DOI：10.1387/RevPsicodidact.5511
语种：English
出版社：Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
摘要：With the end, in 2010, of the period in which the countries of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) had to adapt their university education, the need to discover the current situation of postgraduate programs has arisen, in order to check the level of convergence between countries. It analysed the current legislation regulating postgraduate programs in the 47 countries of the EHEA and the USA, a country with great prestige in doctorate studies, using 147 indicators related to general program regulations, characteristics of the education systems, characteristics of the doctoral thesis and the requirements to be a thesis director or evaluator. The level of adaptation of these programs to the principles of the EHEA and the situation in the USA can be observed in the results. The convergence process between countries is discussed, establishing differences between European and American postgraduate studies. Finally, guidelines are proposed for the improvement of programs.
关键词：European Higuer Education Area; European convergence; postgraduate; quality
