Delivering Education Across Borders in the European Union National Responses to the Services Directive

In a series of landmark rulings on the Services Directive, the Court of Justice of the EU has established that Member Countries may not restrict for-profit franchised or validated study programs being offered on their territory by higher education institutions from other Member countries. This article summarizes the results of a 2012 research project funded by the European Commission (Brandenburg et al. Delivering education across borders in the European Union . European Union, 2013). This research has mapped the cross-border delivery of higher education services within the then-27 EU Member States (being offered by both EU and non-EU based institutions) and provided an analysis of the regulatory frameworks regarding cross-border higher education activities at the Member State level. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.