ShareAQU Catalunya will make 47 external visits for the degree programme accreditation over the course of 2025
These visits will enable the Agency to renew the accreditation of 61 degree programmes: Eight bachelor's degrees, 32 university masters degrees, 16 doctorates and 5 degrees in higher arts education.
The last AQU Catalunya Governing Board, held on 18 July 2024, approved llista the definitive list of recognised university degree programmes that will receive an external visit from the Agency next year, for the purpose of renewing their accreditation. In all, a total of 40 visits to Catalan universities are scheduled to be carried out by AQU Catalunya's external assessment committees (EACs) over the course of 2025. With these visits, it is expected that a total of 56 degrees will be able to renew their accreditation, including 8 bachelor's degrees, 32 university master's degrees and 16 doctorates.
As well as these 40 external visits, AQU Catalunya has also scheduled two cross-campus visits centre prior to those focused on the accreditation of doctoral programmes at the University of Girona and the University of Vic-UCC. University of Girona will receive the most external visits - a total of 12, followed by Barcelona and Vic-UCC, with 5 visits each.
The AQU Catalunya Governing Board also gave the green light to a total of 5 external visits in the area for the accreditation of 5 degrees in higher arts education.
The external visit, aimed at continuous improvement, is an on-site verification of the operation of the degree programme. It is described in an external visit report, which is decisive for the subsequent renewal or non-renewal of the degree programme's accreditation. Therefore, external visits serve to collect evidence to support accreditation. AQU Catalunya plans annual external visits with the universities. Each visit is made at teaching centre level, and includes the degree programmes that are due to start the accreditation process.
| Visits to centres | Degrees | |
| Accreditation of recognised university degrees (includes two prior visits to doctoral programmes) | 42 | 56 |
| Accreditation of higher arts education programmes | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 47 | 61 |