Higher education interoperability
Resources, reference architectures, and online courses for institutions, architects, and policy officers working on higher education interoperability across Europe.
Use cases
Eight tasks that institutions, providers, and policy officers need interoperability standards to support.
1. Discover
How learners find and compare programmes and courses across European institutions.
4. Manage educational resources
How institutions share and manage learning resources in compatible formats.
2. Apply and get recognition
How institutions process applications and recognise credits across borders.
5. Generate data
How learning analytics data is produced and exchanged in standardised formats.
3. Access tools
How learners access shared services and tools through interoperable systems.
6. Earn a credential
How digital credentials are issued, shared, and verified with trust.
7. User identity
How student and staff identities are verified and recognised across institutions and borders.
8. Institutional identity
How institutional identifiers enable trusted, machine-readable data exchange.
Online courses
Take a series of online courses to get acquainted with interoperability in higher education, learn about the HEIF and its resources, and take a deep dive into specific use cases.
Early adopters
Higher education institutions and alliances putting the framework into practice — what they are implementing and what they have learned.
Coordination Group
The group brings together all key stakeholder to discuss priorities and strategies for higher education interoperability in Europe.
Task Forces
Task forces address specific interoperability issues under the oversight of the Coordination Group.
