Automatic Recognition Assessment

Call for participation: Pilot-testing a self-evaluation tool on automatic credit recognition

The European University Association is seeking expressions of interest in pilot-testing an online tool that allows staff of higher education institutions to self-evaluate their institution’s readiness to implement automatic credit recognition.

Feedback from the pilot testers will support the Erasmus+ funded Automatic Recognition Assessment (AUREA) project in validating and finalising the tool before its official launch.

The call is open to all staff members in Erasmus+ programme and partner countries that are involved – at any level of their higher education institution – in recognition processes taking place in the context of student mobility.

The deadline to express interest in participating is 10 July.

Learn more and express your interest

In case of questions about this call, please send an email to [email protected]

The AUREA project (2025-2027), which is coordinated by the European Students’ Union (ESU), aims to support the automatic recognition of study periods abroad by identifying barriers, analysing existing options to overcome them and providing policy recommendations for the future of automatic recognition. The project seeks to address challenges and promote unobstructed mobility within the Erasmus+ community, thereby advancing the goal of automatic recognition.

Useful links:

• AUREA project
• EUA’s work on academic recognition

• Date: 12 June 2026

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Highlights from the Online Multiplier Event

On 27 October, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CET, the AUREA project held an online multiplier event entitled “The long road to automatic recognition in the context of mobility”, concluding the activities of WP2. The Zoom event, organised by the European Students’ Union (ESU), in close collaboration with partners, brought together more than 120 participants from across Europe and beyond, including HE stakeholders, practitioners, students, as well as national and European policy makers.

The Online Multiplier Event brought together higher education stakeholders to discuss progress and challenges in implementing automatic recognition of credits in student mobility across Europe. The event introduced the project’s main goals: to map recognition practices, assess the current state of play, and develop tools and frameworks to support higher education institutions (HEIs) in achieving full automatic credit recognition.

The session opened with an overview of the project and a presentation of the project report on the current state of automatic recognition, which identifies existing bottlenecks, barriers, and inconsistencies in recognition procedures across Europe. The report also explores how institutions and students perceive these challenges and proposes steps toward a common European definition and a Framework of Enabling Factors to evaluate current systems and tools.

A panel discussion followed, featuring Johannes Gehringer (DG EAC, European Commission), Harriet Klåvus (CHARM-EU), Lana Par (European Students’ Union), and Helene Peterbauer (European University Association), moderated by Jeanne Cuny (ESU). The speakers shared institutional, policy, and student perspectives on promoting transparency, trust, and comparability in credit recognition, emphasizing how automatic recognition can enhance student mobility and the European Higher Education Area. The audience had also the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists via the event chat.

The event concluded with a presentation of AUREA’s next steps, which include further exploration of stakeholder practices, the development of a self-evaluation tool and a roadmap for universities, and a series of capacity-building workshops planned for 2026.

The project will culminate in a final policy conference in 2027, aimed at ensuring policy uptake and long-term impact.

The organisers thank all speakers, moderators, and partners from the AUREA consortium (ESU, ESN, EUF, EUA, ELTE, UGent, University of Marburg, and UZK) for their contributions and invite participants to share feedback and follow the project’s progress via aurea-project.eu

If you were unable to join us live, we welcome you to watch the replay and check out the presentation to gain a comprehensive understanding of the topics addressed.

• Date: 14 Nov 2025

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Kick-starting the AUREA project to advance credit recognition in Europe

The Automatic Recognition Assessment (AUREA) project officially launched with its Kick-off Meeting on 12-13 February 2025 in Brussels, hosted by the European Students’ Union. The two-day event brought together partners from across Europe to align on project goals, timelines, and responsibilities.

AUREA aims to assess the state of credit recognition for mobile students, build a shared understanding of automatic recognition, and equip higher education institutions with tools for implementation. The meeting featured presentations of key work packages, discussions on project management, and sessions on communication, inclusion, and quality assurance.

With strong collaboration and a shared vision, AUREA is set to make meaningful progress toward fair and transparent credit recognition across Europe.

• Date: 14 Apr 2025

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