European Diploma Supplement Label Award

The  Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document attached to a higher education diploma with the aim of improving international ‘transparency’ and of facilitating the academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates etc.). It is designed to provide a description of the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies that were successfully completed by the individual named on the original qualification to which this supplement is appended. It should be free from any value-judgements, equivalence statements or suggestions about recognition. It is a flexible, non-prescriptive tool which is designed to save time, money and workload. It can be adapted to local needs.

The Diploma Supplement label is awarded to institutions which have shown that they provide the Diploma Supplements to students in a correct way. They have also given proof that:

• The copies comply with the standard Diploma Supplement model.
• All students of the applicant institution receive a copy of the Diploma Supplement automatically and free of charge upon graduation.
• The Diploma Supplement is issued in a widely spoken European language and, if so wished, in another language.