EUROPEAN CONVENTION

ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF DIPLOMAS LEADING TO ADMISSION TO UNIVERSITIES

The governments signatory hereto, being members of the Council of Europe,

Considering that one of the objects of the Council of Europe is to pursue a policy of common action in cultural and scientific matters;

Considering that this object would be furthered by making the intellectual resources of members freely available to European youth;

Considering that the university constitutes one of the principal sources of the intellectual activity of a country;

Considering that students who have successfully completed their secondary school education in the territory of one member should be afforded all possible facilities to enter a university of their choice in the territory of other members;

Considering that such facilities, which are also desirable in the interests of freedom of movement from country to country, require the equivalence of diplomas leading to admission to universities,