Table 3 Characteristics of the MPA and...

Table 3

Characteristics of the MPA and MPM programs

	Austria	Croatia	Cyprus	Germany	Greece	Italy	Portugal	Spain
No. of eligible MPA and MPM programs for the analysis	4	4	6	42	12	48	9	11
MPA	1	3	5	6	4	34	7	4
MPM	3	1	1	2	8	14	2	7
Other				34^a
No. of ECTS per program (total)	120	120	90 (1 offers 110) Av. 93.3	60–120 (av. 97.9)	90 (1 offers 120) Av.92.5	120	90–120 (av. 113.3)	60
Duration in semesters	4	4	3–4 (av. 3.3)	2–6 (av. 4)	3–5 (av. 3.3)	4	3–4 (av. 3.8)	2
Language	German (1 in English)	Croatian	Greek (1 in English)	German (4 in English, 11 mixed)	Greek (1 in English)	Italian (2 in English, 1 in German)	Portuguese	Spanish (in some cases, local language, e.g. Catalan, Gallego, is used as well)
No of courses offered (average)	7–64 (av. 28.9)	15–27 (av. 21)	8–14 (av. 10.83)	6–25 (av. 12.8)	7–16 (av. 10.7)	12–18 (av. 14.6)	10–13 (av. 11.5)	6–15 (av. 10)

	Austria	Croatia	Cyprus	Germany	Greece	Italy	Portugal	Spain
No. of eligible MPA and MPM programs for the analysis	4	4	6	42	12	48	9	11
MPA	1	3	5	6	4	34	7	4
MPM	3	1	1	2	8	14	2	7
Other				34^a
No. of ECTS per program (total)	120	120	90 (1 offers 110) Av. 93.3	60–120 (av. 97.9)	90 (1 offers 120) Av.92.5	120	90–120 (av. 113.3)	60
Duration in semesters	4	4	3–4 (av. 3.3)	2–6 (av. 4)	3–5 (av. 3.3)	4	3–4 (av. 3.8)	2
Language	German (1 in English)	Croatian	Greek (1 in English)	German (4 in English, 11 mixed)	Greek (1 in English)	Italian (2 in English, 1 in German)	Portuguese	Spanish (in some cases, local language, e.g. Catalan, Gallego, is used as well)
No of courses offered (average)	7–64 (av. 28.9)	15–27 (av. 21)	8–14 (av. 10.83)	6–25 (av. 12.8)	7–16 (av. 10.7)	12–18 (av. 14.6)	10–13 (av. 11.5)	6–15 (av. 10)

Note(s): ^aIncluded in other are 9 MBA, MSc, Master of Law (LLM) and Master of Governance (MEGA) degrees, as well as 25 Masters in Arts (M.A.), one to two-year staged degree programs according to the Bologna reform, usually with one subject

Source(s): Authors’ elaboration

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