The overall goal of the project is for third-country nationals, such as refugees, to have optimal opportunities in European higher education.

Each university or university of applied sciences has the autonomy to organise the inflow of third country nationals and to decide on the program of this group of lateral entrants. Any structure in terms of recognition of qualifications and competences acquired elsewhere is lacking for third country nationals who wish to continue their studies in Europe after they have already made their way into higher education outside Europe. It is clear that there is no proper tool to enable universities and universities of applied sciences to effectively scale up the qualifications and competences of third country nationals. MaxiPAC.EU wants to develop such a tool or procedure. We now see great differences in approach between the different higher education institutions in different European countries, but also between universities in the same country and even within the same educational institution.

Duration: 2020 – 2022

Funding: EU Erasmus+

Principal Investigator: Apostolos Papadopoulos

Research Team: Pavlos Baltas, Christina Frentzou, Loukia Maria Fratsea, Alexandra Theofili, Angelo Tramountanis