Discover comparative and national data on the statutory and actual salaries, as well as allowances, of full-time teachers and school heads in public schools across 37 European countries. This includes all EU Member States and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Türkiye, all part of the Eurydice Network.

The tool offers data by education level (pre-primary, primary, lower, and upper secondary) and allows users to filter the information available by different criteria: qualifications, school size, age groups. Users can also explore salary evolution between two consecutive school years, and salary progression at various career stages. Multiple formats for export of data are available for easy analysis. Full datasets are also available for download.

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Europe displays a variety of approaches to education that sometimes translates into multi-layered and complex systems.

What are the different models of organisation in primary and secondary education and how long does each education level last? How diverse are the programmes offered at tertiary level? Find the answers to these questions in the Eurydice's latest publication “The structure of the European education systems”.

In this report, updated national diagrams will help you navigate the situation across Europe through schematic information on how countries across Europe structure their education systems. This publication depicts the structure of education and training systems from early childhood education and care to tertiary level for the 2023/2024 school/academic year. The information covers the 39 European educational systems of the 37 countries participating in the Erasmus+ programme.

On 29-30 May 2024, the Tirana Ministerial Conference will celebrate the 25 years of the Bologna Process. While we are getting ready to enjoy this moment and discover the latest developments and trends in the European Higher Education Area, we are also happy to announce that the new edition of the Bologna Process Implementation Report is coming soon!

A new school year has started in Europe and Eurydice comes to you with our regular update on school calendars.

How is the school year organised across Europe? Despite some differences, countries show many similarities regarding the structure of their school calendars. In 11 education systems, school starts on 1 September. However, the duration of summer holidays varies a lot: less than 7 weeks in the Netherlands, some Swiss cantons and Liechtenstein. They last 12 weeks or more for both primary and secondary students in Greece, Latvia, Malta and some regions in Italy.

This report provides information on the start of the school year and its length, as well as the timing and length of school holidays. It covers both primary and general secondary education. The information is available for 37 countries participating in the EU's Erasmus+ programme (27 Member States, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Türkiye).

This year for the first time, Eurydice is releasing the calendar in open data-format, providing all dates for school calendars at national level and, if applicable, by region or zone. You can download from our website the excel sheets that show how the school year is organised among the Network’s countries.