By increasing the transparency of qualifications, it facilitates academic and professional recognition.
It protects national/institutional autonomy while offering a common frame which is accepted all over Europe.
It promotes informed judgements about qualifications obtained that can be understood in another educational context.
It raises the visibility of the institution abroad.
It promotes the employability of their graduates at national and international level.
It helps saving time since it provides the answers to a lot of recurrent questions put to administrative services in institutions about the content and portability of diplomas.