The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) is a framework for assembling, compiling and analysing cross-nationally comparable statistics on education. ISCED Fields of Education and Training classifies education programmes and related qualifications by fields of study: A field is the `broad domain, branch or area of content covered by an education programme or qualification'. The International Standard Classification of Education is maintained by DG EMPL and published by the Publications Office of the European Union on the EU Vocabularies website.