Practical answers about EDUC8EU, your assessments and how to use your guidance.
EDUC8EU is an online tool for exploring study and career options. It uses your answers, career information and configured study pathways to provide personalised guidance. You can explore your career interests, reflect on a particular study choice, identify skills to develop and discuss options with the AI assistant.
It can help people considering higher education, a further qualification or a new study direction. You can begin without a career goal, or explore a goal or programme you already have in mind.
If you are unsure what to choose, start the guided process and explore your interests. If you already have a career goal, browse the career catalogue and request guidance for a related study pathway. You can also explore the INVEST programmes available within the application.
The results depend on the route and activities you complete. The three main outputs are:
A pathway-specific recommendation may also take account of programme requirements that have been configured in EDUC8EU.
RIASEC is a career-interest framework associated with John Holland. It describes six broad types of interests:
The activity questions help EDUC8EU identify your career-interest pattern. They do not provide a complete description of your personality.
EDUC8EU uses one to three letters to represent the interest dimensions selected by its scoring rules. The letters appear in the order determined by the assessment. Shorter codes are used for broader career searches, while longer codes describe a more specific combination of interests.
Yes. The profile assessment includes an option to enter an existing RIASEC code instead of completing the activity questions. If you choose the questionnaire, it contains 60 activity questions about what you would enjoy doing.
Use the Show more results? button when it is available. EDUC8EU can broaden the search by shortening the code used to find results, for example from RIA to RI and then R. You can also browse the career catalogue directly.
It summarises your answers about factors connected with a particular study pathway. These include previous academic performance, perceived difficulty, career opportunities, friends and peers, reputation, costs, family or cultural expectations, confidence and study routine.
EDUC8EU combines the answers using configured weights and thresholds, then displays Very low, Low, Average, High or Very high. The level is a tool for reflection on that pathway; it is not a direct measurement of motivation or a prediction of future performance.
No. The past-performance question refers to your recent studies. For example, you may use your experience at secondary school when considering a bachelor's degree, or your undergraduate studies when considering a master's degree. Previous results are one input; they do not have to come from the same subject as the pathway you are exploring.
It highlights the relevant skills and abilities you have rated below Average. These are possible areas to develop as you prepare for a career or study pathway. The list reflects your self-assessment and can help you plan learning activities or questions for an advisor; it is not a formal test of competence.
You can ask for explanations of your recommendations, explore study or career options and discuss possible next steps or skills to develop. Some programme pages also offer an AI conversation about the selected programme. Check important programme details with the institution offering it, because AI responses can contain errors.
The application combines self-reported answers with career and programme information, using configured scoring, matching and recommendation rules. Where programme-specific criteria are available, they can be considered as part of the guidance. The AI conversation is an additional way to explore the recommendations; it does not replace the questionnaire scoring process.
For the research framework and methods behind EDUC8EU, see our publications.
The career catalogue draws on sources including ESCO and O*NET. Study opportunities include selected INVEST programmes and other pathways configured in EDUC8EU. Coverage depends on the information currently included in the platform, so a career suggestion should not be read as confirmation that a particular degree is available at every university.
No. A recommendation helps you explore a pathway. If admission criteria have been configured, EDUC8EU may use your answers to check those criteria, but the institution makes the admission decision. Confirm current requirements, deadlines and programme availability with the institution.
Allow approximately 5–20 minutes for the guided process. The time depends on your chosen route, the assessments you complete and how long you spend reflecting on the questions. Exploring programmes or discussing results with the AI assistant can take additional time.
Use the print option provided with the final report. If your browser supports it, choose Save as PDF in the print dialogue to keep a copy. Check that the report contains the information you want before saving or printing it.
Answer according to your own interests, recent experiences and current perceptions. Choose what best describes you, rather than what you think would produce a more favourable result. The guidance depends on the information you provide, so thoughtful and honest answers make it more useful.
Review your answers, explore a wider set of careers and consider what appeals to you or concerns you about the suggestions. You can use the AI assistant to ask questions and discuss the results with an academic advisor. Recommendations support your decision-making; they do not determine your choice or guarantee academic or career success.
Use the Contact page for technical help or questions about the use of your personal information, answers and AI conversations. The platform team can clarify which information is processed, how long it is retained and which services are involved.