INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION
The International Institutional Accreditation by ACQUIN is a structured external audit of higher education institutions on a tertiary level.
As an external quality assurance instrument, the International Institutional Accreditation clarifies in an institutional audit whether the performance of a higher education institution in teaching and research is in accordance with scientific standards. The International Institutional Accreditation therefore aims at the safeguarding of the scientific performance of a higher education institution (HEI) including the internal quality assurance.
The focus of the institutional accreditation is the institution as a whole and not the single study program. Thus, the following aspects are central:
• Decision-making processes
• The analysis of institutional structures
• Effectiveness of strategic management
• Relevance of internal quality management processes and the degree to which their outcomes are used in decision making and strategic management as well as perceived gaps in these internal mechanisms
• Resources
• Teaching and learning
• Quality assurance
The basis for the assessment is first of all part 1 of the “Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European” (ESG). Further, the evaluation is based on the criteria for the institutional accreditation of non-state higher education institution of the German Scientific Council („Institutionelle Akkreditierung nichtstaatlicher Hochschulen“ (Abschnitt B.IV) des Deutschen Wissenschaftsrates).
CONTACT PERSON
Dr. Alexander Rudolph
Head of System Accreditation and Institutional Activities
Fon +49 (0)921/530390-85
E-Mail rudolph@acquin.org
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