"the European system"? The systems in individual European countries are about as different from each other as any of them are different from the US system. One

"the European system"? The systems in individual European countries are about as different from each other as any of them are different from the US system. One attempt to somewhat align the different European systems for higher education was the ECTS [1], but even that isn't quite perfect.. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Credit_Transfer_and_Accumulation_System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Credit_Transfer_and_Ac...