Tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8)

Definition

Tertiary education builds on secondary education, providing learning activities in specialised fields of education. It aims at learning at a high level of complexity and specialisation. Tertiary education includes what is commonly understood as academic education but also includes advanced vocational or professional education.

Source definition

ISCED 2011
http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standa...