Claude Meisch, Luxembourg's Minister for Higher Education and Research;
Credit: MESR
Luxembourg's Ministry of Higher Education and Research has reported that 268 students recently received their advanced technician's training certificate (Brevet de technicien supérieur - BTS).
The diplomas were awarded during two ceremonies held at the Maison du Savoir on the University of Luxembourg's campus in Esch-Belval on Wednesday 11 and Friday 13 October 2023, respectively. In total, including the diplomas issued at the end of the winter semester, 312 BTS diplomas were awarded in 2022/2023.
The graduates came from 33 different training courses. The very first diplomas were awarded in four training courses, namely in the BTS in Cybersecurity at Lycée Guillaume Kroll, the BTS in Digital Content at Lycée Nic-Biever, the BTS in "Assistant juridique" (legal assistant) at ECG School of Business and Management as well as the BTS in "Commerce (formation en alternance)" (business sandwich course, with alternate periods of formal instruction and practical experience) at Lycée du Nord.
Certain students also received a special mention.
The Higher Education Ministry described the BTS as a "success story": in 2009, just ten BTS programmes were available, compared to the 38 BTS courses now offered in fifteen secondary schools for the new 2023/2024 academic year.
In a video message, Claude Meisch, Luxembourg's Minister for Higher Education and Research, stressed that the BTS is a perfect illustration of a "stage model". On the one hand, a BTS constitutes a specialisation diploma which opens doors to the world of work. On the other hand, the BTS is also a fully recognised higher education diploma which meets European standards and quality criteria as set out in the Bologna Process and can thus constitute the first step in one's higher education journey.
"It is a pleasure for me to see that our BTS programmes can contribute to ensuring that more and more young people are better trained and that they are thus very well prepared to face the many challenges of a society and an economy in constant change," concluded Minister Meisch.
