A fourfold increase in the number of site visits to be made by AQU Catalunya in 2021 in connection with recognised degree programme and faculty-related accreditation procedures
AQU Catalunya's Governing Board has approved the list of faculties and schools that will receive site visits by external experts in connection with the accreditation of recognised degree programmes and the faculties and schools where they are delivered. According to the review agenda, the site visits are being organised as follows:
Review programme | Site visits |
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Internal Quality Assurance System certification (IQAs) | 20 |
Certification of institution-wide aspects of the IQAs | 1 |
Accreditation of recognised degree programmes | 115 |
Accreditation of Arts higher education programmes (visual and performing arts) | 3 |
Total | 139 |
85% of the site visits (118) are in connection with the accreditation of degree programmes, with the remaining 15% (21) dealing with accreditation at faculty level. Accreditation at faculty level will increasingly become the priority QA procedure at AQU Catalunya over the next few years and in 2021 will be facilitated by the following universities:
University | External site visits |
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Universitat de Barcelona | 1 |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | 4 |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | 1 (institution wide) |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra | 4 |
Universitat de Girona | 5 |
Universitat de Lleida | 1 |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili | 2 |
Universitat Ramon Llull | 1 |
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | 1 |
Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya | 1 |
Total | 21 |
In line with the trend in the number of external site visits organised by AQU Catalunya every year, 2021 will see a fourfold increase compared to 2014, which is when the VSMA Framework that covers the ex-ante accreditation, monitoring, modification and ex-post accreditation of all degree programmes in Catalonia was introduced.
See details of the degree programmes and faculties and schools that are included in the Plan for 2021.