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1. Short presentation of the system of engineering education in the country
    1.1 Admission requirements for higher education
    1.2 Types of higher education institutions offering engineering education
    1.3 Number and distribution across the country of study programmes offered in civil and environmental engineering, engineering geology, mining engineering a.s.o., having geo-engineering subjects in the curricula.
2. Geo-engineering subjects in different study programmes
    2.1 Geo-engineering subjects in first cycle study programmes, both compulsory and elective*
    2.2 Geo-engineering subjects in second cycle study programmes, both compulsory and elective*
    2.3 Geo-engineering subjects in integrated programmes, both compulsory and elective*
3. Specializations (branches) belonging to geo-engineering sciences
    3.1 Specializations in first cycle study programmes**
    3.2 Specializations in second cycle study programmes**
    3.3 Specializations in integrated programmes**
4. Doctorate (third cycle) programmes in geo-engineering sciences
5. Continuing education and training activities in geo-engineering sciences
    5.1 Formal education (for instance master or master-type programmes after second cycle study programmes or after integrated programmes)
    5.2 In-house training provided by companies
    5.3 Other continuing education activities
6. Other aspects considered to be of relevance for the education and training in geo-engineering sciences
* with sample syllabuses, including contact hours and/or credits (optional)
** with sample curricula (optional)

Annex
Definition of some terms of relevance used in the proposed framework ?
Admission to higher education institutions and programmes
The process which allows qualified applicants entry to pursue higher education studies at a given institution. Sometimes the admission process involves en entrance examination.
Branch of study (see also Discipline, Field, Specialty)
Specialisation within a given field of study (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering). It can also refer to a specialisation within a broader branch (e.g. Hydraulic Engineering, within Civil Engineering).
Contact hour
A time-tabled period involving teaching staff and students, part of a formal study programme.
Course unit
The basic division of a study programme usually consisting of a self-contained, formally structured learning experience with a coherent and explicit set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
Curriculum (see also Study Programme)
Comprehensive description of a study programme. It includes learning objectives or intended outcomes, contents, assessments procedures.
Cycle
A study programme leading, if successfully completed, to an academic degree. One of the objectives indicated in the Bologna Declaration is the “adoption of a system based on two main cycles, undergraduate and graduate”. Doctoral studies are generally referred to as the third cycle.
Doctorate
A study programme leading towards a high level qualification recognized as qualifying someone for research/or academic work. It will include a substantial amount of original work presented in a thesis. In the European Higher Education System it is generally identified with the third cycle study.
Continuing Education
Any form of education, vocational or general, resumed after an interval following initial education. (It may include, for example, education fro full-time mature students, liberal adult education, part-time degrees and diplomas, post-experience professional education and training courses, staff development, open-access courses and regional development through open and distance learning).
Higher Education
All types of study programmes at the post secondary level which are recognized by the competent authorities as belonging to its higher education system.
Higher Education Institution
An establishment providing higher education. (See Higher Education)
Formal Learning
Learning typically provided by an education or training institution, structured (in terms of learning objectives, learning time or learning support) and usually leading to certification.
Study programme
A study programme refers to a set of course units or modules to be taken in order to acquire a specific set of credits.
Subject
A taught course, sometimes used instead of Course Unit
Syllabus (cf. Curriculum)
List of topics (content) of a Course Unit. In the USA it is also used for the content of a Study Programme. Training
Systematic instruction and programs of activities and learning for the purpose of acquiring skills for particular jobs. It is worth emphasizing the importance of integrating education and training and that there is no clear dividing line between the two (see also Education).