The Bologna Process is a reform process that aims to create a European Higher Education Area by 2010. It is an unusual process, created and maintained by 47 member states (the number of member states increased from 45 to 46 with the declaration of independence of Montenegro, and to 47 with the inclusion of Kazakhstan in the process) with the cooperation of many international organizations. Membership in the process is not based on any governmental/interstate agreement. Papers published within the scope of the Bologna Process are not legally binding. The process is a formation in which every country participates with their free will, and countries have the right to accept the goals stipulated by the Bologna Process.
Citizens of countries within the European Higher Education Area, which the Bologna Process aims to create, will be able to easily travel around Europe for the purposes of higher education or working. Europe will be made preferred by people from other parts of the world in terms of both higher education and job opportunities.
The most undesirable thing in the European Higher Education Area is to make the education systems of the member countries a uniform higher education system. The main aim in the European Higher Education Area is to establish a balance between diversity and unity. The aim is to make higher education systems comparable and compatible with each other while preserving their distinctive differences. In this way, it is planned to facilitate the transition from one country or higher education system to another, thereby increasing the mobility and employment of students and lecturers.