EVOLUCIóN DE LA LEGISLACIóN DE DOCTORADO EN LOS PAíSES DEL EEES

The decade in which the EHEA countries should have achieved the European convergence in Education in order for Europe to acquiere a knowledge-based economy and be more worldwide competitive was concluded in 2010. During that period of time, higher education should have been adapted to the proposed objectives of the Bologna Process. Therefore, the evolution of the legislation governing the postgraduate programs of the 47 member states is here examined. The analysis of the PhD programs was conducted using 154 indicators, which were related to the general regulations for postgraduate programs from 2006 to 2011 as a consequence of the changes in the educational policy of the countries to be adapted to the EHEA. Finally, the level of adaption to the EHEA countries and its evolution during this process of institucionalization is proved.