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In this paper an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance for the emergent European Higher Education Area is presented. If this set is implemented, the procedures for the recognition of qualifications will be strengthened. The set has been divided in two groups: there are internal and external standards and guidelines. The internals should be implemented by higher education institutions and under their responsibility. The external standards and guidelines should be implemented by external agencies with the collaboration of the higher education institutions.

A web application has been developed using the Microsoft .NET technology, which allows to use the Mathematica software from any personal computer connected to Internet. It is not necessary to have the Mathematica software in the own computer, therefore the requirements are limited to have a web browser. All the power of a high level package for numerical and symbolic calculation can be used with no need to spend great amounts of money in individual licenses. This allows students to use this software from their houses, by means of a simple interface, in any subject or project with mathematical calculations, even to attend virtual laboratories.

A project is being developed with the main goal of creating an application of web server which allows students to use Mathematica software from their computers without the necessity of installing this software and of programming the necessary algorithms. The project consists of a set of mathematical models programmed with Mathematica and stored in a web server, which has been installed in a computer of our department. At the moment, it is possible to access to the web pages of the application from any computer of the intranet of our School.