NACE 85.40: Tertiary education

NACE Rev. 2.1 class. Replaces NACE Rev. 2 85.42. Closest ISIC Rev. 4: 8530.

NACE Rev. 2.1 class 85.40 is "Tertiary education". It sits in section Q (EDUCATION), then division 85 (Education), then group 85.4 (Tertiary education). In the previous classification, NACE Rev. 2, the activity was covered by 85.42 (Tertiary education).

What the class includes

This class includes the furnishing of tertiary academic, professional and vocational courses and the granting of degrees at short-cycle, bachelor’s or equivalent level, master’s or equivalent level, and doctoral level. This class includes education in public and private universities provided at the level of: - short-cycle studies, usually based on practical learning appropriate to the performance of a given profession and preparing students for entry into the labour market or other higher education programmes - first-cycle studies open to applicants with a secondary school leaving certificate and leading to a first-degree qualification - second-cycle studies open to applicants holding at least a first-cycle qualification and leading to a second-cycle qualification - comprehensive master’s degree courses open to applicants holding a secondary school leaving certificate and leading to a second-cycle qualification - postgraduate studies open to applicants who have completed at least first-cycle studies and leading to a postgraduate qualification - third-cycle studies (training for doctoral students) open to applicants holding at least second-cycle studies and leading to a third-cycle qualification Education may be conducted as full-time or part-time studies.

What it excludes

This class excludes: - non-formal education and training, see 85.5

Correspondence with NACE Rev. 2

NACE Rev. 2	Label (Rev. 2)	Also maps to
85.42	Tertiary education	-

The label in 24 languages

bgВисше образование
csTerciární vzdělávání
daVideregående uddannelse på universitetsniveau
deTertiärer Unterricht
elΤριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση
enTertiary education
esEducación terciaria
etKõrgharidus
fiKorkea-asteen koulutus yliopistoissa ja ammattikorkeakouluissa
frEnseignement supérieur
gaOideachas treasach
hrVisoko obrazovanje
huFelsőoktatás
itIstruzione terziaria
ltAukštasis (tretinis) mokymas
lvAugstākā izglītība
mtEdukazzjoni terzjarja
nlTertiair onderwijs
plSzkoły wyższe
ptEnsino superior
roÎnvățământ superior
skTerciárne vzdelanie
slTerciarno izobraževanje
svUniversitets- eller högskoleutbildning

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Official classification texts from EU Vocabularies (Publications Office of the European Union, CC BY 4.0), read on 2026-10-05. Correspondence tables link classes that cover the same activities; one old class can be split across several new ones, so check the notes before you convert a dataset. Information only.