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It also describes how Egracons aggregates degree programmes into single ISCED discipline groups, the need for consistent coding, and how universities should submit grading table data using the latest July 2016 templates.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/","Template",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/presentations/","Presentations",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/template/application-of-isced-codes-in-the-egracons-tool-application-guidance/166680/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/application-of-isced-codes-in-the-egracons-tool-application-guidance/166680.png","ImageObject",442,249,{"name":42,"@type":43},"Taylor Morgan","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","2026-09-27","2026-08-31",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",5,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"What is the purpose of using ISCED codes in the Egracons conversion tool?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"It links BA and MA degrees to ISCED codes so students can be grouped into comparable reference groups across institutions and countries.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"How are ISCED-2013 codes structured for use in Egracons?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"The classification uses detailed four-digit fields, with additional digit rules to allow higher-level coding. Interdisciplinary programmes use “8”, while “9” and “0” indicate categories not elsewhere classified or not further defined.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"Why is assigning a correct 4-digit code critical for universities using Egracons?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Because Egracons aggregates degrees by ISCED study field code. Consistent code selection enables comparable reference groups and more stable, less professor-dependent comparisons.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},166680,1788197938,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,93,98,103,108,113,118,122],{"id":85,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},11,90,"presentations",{"id":89,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":90,"show_sort_weight":91,"slug":92},12,"Resumes",80,"resumes",{"id":94,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":95,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":97},14,"Invoices",70,"invoices",{"id":99,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},15,"Posters",60,"posters",{"id":104,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},16,"Social Media",50,"social-media",{"id":109,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},17,"Forms",40,"forms",{"id":114,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},18,"Letters",30,"letters",{"id":119,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":55,"slug":121},21,"Paper Templates","papers-templates",{"id":123,"doc_module":22,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":4,"slug":125},158,"General","general-158",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":127},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":128,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":129,"doc_module":22,"category_id":85,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":130,"file_id":131,"file_url":132,"file_type":133,"file_size":134,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":135,"language":136,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":137,"faqs":138,"seo_title":139,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":80,"read_time":26},1099523885336,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","APPLICATION OF ISCED CODES IN the EGRACONS TOOL\nFollowing the recommendations of UNESCO, the Egracons conversion tool will link degrees (both BA and MA) to ISCED codes and in this way create comparable student reference groups. The ISCED fields of Education and training are used by UNESCO /Eurostat/ OECD to classify degrees into disciplines. A new classification was agreed upon in 2013 by UNESCO and now replaces the old 1997 version. The ISCED-2013 F classification comprises about 80 fields of education (detailed level = four digits). The detailed fields (the third hierarchical level of the classification) are intended mainly for use at the tertiary level of education. If you want to code at a higher level, one or two digits ‘8’ are added. In this way 4 digits can be used at all times. Codes with ‘8’ in it are referred to as Interdisciplinary programmes. It is also possible to use a digit ‘9’ at the detailed level to indicate a discipline not covered by the other detailed codes with 4 digits (‘not elsewhere classified’) and even the digit ‘0’ if no further info is available (‘not further defined’). For more info see the ISCED \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://egracons.eu/document/isced-code-manual\" \u0014manual\u0015).\nAt the highest one-digit level the following 11 broad groups of fields of education are distinguished: 00 Generic Programmes and qualifications, 01. Education, 02. Humanities and arts, 03. Social sciences, journalism and information, 04. Business administration and law, 05. Natural Sciences, mathematics and statistics, 06. Information and Communication Technologies, 07. Engineering, manufacturing and construction, 08. Agriculture, forestry and veterinary, 09. Health and welfare, and 10.Services. \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/international-standard-classification-of-education.aspx\" \u0014Read more here\u0015.\nThe Egracons project aggregates (combines) the degree programmes (of the same cycle) that belong to the same ISCED study field code to make up one single reference group (discipline) as identified by a 4-digit code. The grading tables are therefore submitted per degree, but the degrees are combined automatically to ISCED discipline codes inside the tool. Each separate degree (diploma qualification)  therefore has to be assigned a 4-digit code, but several degrees may share the same code. This makes it possible to search both by degree title and ISCED code. The choice of the codes is critical and in order to make the conversion simpler, it should be as uniformly applied as possible. Egracons suggests that all HEIs within the same country (or educational system of a region) use a uniform list for the whole country. This makes it possible to have a one-to-one correspondence between reference groups of different countries. Comparing grading tables based on individual degree programmes would not offer this correspondence, as they cannot be readily compared, may be statistically unstable and be too dependent on the grading behaviour of individual professors.\nThe requirement of providing 4-digit codes was incorporated in the grading table data templates available now at the EGRACONS website. All available codes can be accessed there as well  (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://egracons.eu/sites/default/files/Isced%202013%20fields%20of%20education%20code%20list.pdf\" \u0014see list\u0015). The Grading Table Templates can be accessed at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://egracons.eu/document/grading-table-instructions-and-template\" \u0014http://egracons.eu/document/grading-table-instructions-and-template\u0015. Make sure you use the latest version (July 2016). The templates offer the possibility of supplying the English translation of degree titles at the host university as well, as these are easier to understand by the people converting the grades at the home university.\nUniversities willing to submit their grading tables are now asked to use the templates available and send them to the project team at: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:Valere.Meus@UGent.be\" \u0014Valere.Meus@UGent.be\u0015. 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