The Bologna Process is the name given to the process of higher education reform in the greater European region (the reform movement is much broader than the 27 countries of the EU; there are currently 47 signatory countries). The Process is voluntary; there are no legal mandates that require countries to participate. It aims to facilitate the recognition of foreign academic degrees and qualifications; enable students and higher education graduates to move more easily from one country to another, increase the attractiveness of Europe as a place to study and/or work, and promote peace and stability in the region. By signing the Bologna Declaration, each country’s minister affirmed the nation’s intention to: adopt a system of easily readable and comparable degrees; adopt a system essentially based on two main cycles, undergraduate and graduate; establish a system of credits (e.g. ECTS); promote the mobility of students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff; promote European cooperation in quality assurance; promote the European dimensions in higher education, particularly regarding curricular development and inter-institutional cooperation.