1. Data on enrolments, entrants and personnel shall refer to the school/academic year as defined nationally (year t/t+1). Annual data on enrolments, entrants and personnel shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 September in year t+2. The first data transmission in September 2014 shall refer to the school/academic year 2012/2013 as defined nationally.
2. Graduates shall refer to the school/academic year as defined nationally (year t/t+1) or the calendar year (year t+1). Annual data on graduates shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 November in year t+2.
3. The first transmission of data on graduates (except data on graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the cycle of study) shall be submitted in November 2014 and shall refer to the school/academic year 2012/2013 as defined nationally or the calendar year 2013.
4. The first transmission of data on graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the cycle of study shall be submitted in November 2017 and shall refer to the school/academic year 2015/2016 as defined nationally or the calendar year 2016.
5. Mobile students/graduates, regardless their citizenship, shall be defined by their country of origin (preference to prior education, vs. residence, vs. citizenship). Before 2016, data on ‘mobile students/graduates’ shall be provided using the national definition of ‘country of origin’. Starting in 2016, the definition of country of origin to be used shall be the country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded or the best national estimate.
6. Education expenditure data shall refer to the financial year of the Member State as defined nationally (year t). Annual data on education expenditure and number of students with coverage adjusted to statistics on education expenditure shall be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30 November in year t+2. The first data transmission in November 2014 shall refer to the 2012 financial year.