EQF 8

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Knowledge at the most advanced frontier of a field of work or study and at the interface between fields

Skills

The most advanced and specialised skills and techniques, including synthesis and evaluation, required to solve critical problems in research and/or innovation and to extend and redefine existing knowledge or professional practice

Responsibility and autonomy

Demonstrate substantial authority, innovation, autonomy, scholarly and professional integrity and sustained commitment to the development of new ideas or processes at the forefront of work or study contexts including research

Source

This definition was taken from https://europass.europa.eu/en/description-eight-eqf-levels.