In 2022 we will carry out 126 external visits: 100 for degree programme accreditation and 26 for IQAS certification
The AQU Catalunya Governing Council has approved the list of centres that will receive an external visit from external experts in 2022 with the aim of accrediting official university degree programmes and certifying the internal quality assurance systems of the centres that offer them.
The Governing Council annually approves the activities that AQU Catalunya must carry out for the following year, including the planning of external visits to university centres for degree programme accreditation and the certification of internal quality assurance systems.
According to the planning approved at the last meeting of the Governing Council, the external assessment visits that will be organised in 2022 are as follows:
Assessment programme | Number of external visits |
---|---|
IQAS certification | 23 |
Certification of IQAS cross-cutting elements | 3 |
Accreditation of official university degree programmes | 98 |
Accreditation of higher arts education | 2 |
Total | 126 |
Almost 80% of the visits are for the accreditation of university degree programmes and the remaining 20% for the certification of internal quality assurance systems.
External visits for degree programme accreditation will be used to accredit 77 bachelor's degrees, 53 master's degrees and 60 PhDs, which are taught in 59 centres:
University | Bachelor's degrees | Master's degrees | PhDs | Centres | Visits |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Universitat de Barcelona | 18 | 10 | 37 | 13 | 37 |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | 4 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 17 |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | 10 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Universitat de Girona | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Universitat de Lleida | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Universitat Rovira i Virgili | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Universitat Ramon Llull | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Universitat de Vic-UCC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Universitat Abat Oliba CEU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 77 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 98 |
In addition, two external visits will be organised for the accreditation of three master's degree programmes taught in two higher arts education centres.
Overall, these 126 external visits represent an increase of 6% compared to 2021.
You can see the centres that will receive at least one external visit from AQU Catalunya in 2022 in the following document:
Planning of external visits to centres offering official university degree programmes for 2022 [document only available in Catalan]