In its target agreements with the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Art, the University of Passau has committed itself to moving from programme accreditation to system accreditation in order to provide its students with the highest possible standards of quality assurance for its degree programmes. In doing so, the university has taken on the considerable task of evaluating the many interconnected academic and administrative processes in the area of studies and teaching, while continuously reviewing and challenging its understanding of what constitutes high-quality conditions for study and teaching.
| Sep. 2024 | The German Accreditation Council awards the university its accreditation seal. |
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| Jun. 2024 | The University submits an application for institutional accreditation to the German Accreditation Council. |
| Apr. 2024 | The university receives the final accreditation report. |
| Nov. 2023 | Accompanied by ACQUIN and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and Art, external experts conduct a further site visit to review the university’s quality assurance system. |
| Sep. 2023 | The University Executive Board grants accreditation to 27 degree programmes. |
| Sep. 2023 | The Accreditation Committee adopts quality assurance measures for 27 degree programmes and submits them to the University Executive Board. |
| Jul. 2023 | The University successfully completes the accreditation review of 27 degree programmes. |
| Jun. 2023 | The University Executive Board adopts regulations governing evaluation. |
| May 2023 | The university receives ACQUIN’s report on the first site visit. |
| Feb. 2023 | The University Executive Board dissolves the Steering Group. Responsibility for quality assurance within the internal accreditation procedure is henceforth assigned to the Accreditation Committee. |
| Jan. 2023 | Accompanied by ACQUIN and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and Art, external experts conduct a site visit to review the university’s quality assurance procedures and system. |
| Sept. 2022 | The university submits its self-evaluation report to ACQUIN. |
| Aug. 2022 | The university and ACQUIN agree on a schedule for the site visits during the winter semester 2022/23. |
| Jul. 2022 | The Accreditation Committee is formally constituted and takes a resolution on the pilot degree programme. |
| May 2022 | The site visit for the pilot degree programme is conducted with external experts. |
| Apr. 2022 | The internal accreditation procedure for the pilot degree programme is initiated. |
| Feb. 2022 | The Steering Group publishes the “Quality Objectives for Studies and Teaching” matrix. |
| Nov. 2021 | The University Executive Board approves an accreditation procedure and the composition of an Accreditation Committee. |
| Jul. 2021 | The University Executive Board adopts the Teaching and Learning Mission Statement. |
| Apr. 2021 | The Steering Committee establishes working groups to develop guidance documents (qualification framework, competence modelling) and to harmonise module catalogues. |
| Mar. 2021 | Steering Group 2 begins preparations for the legal framework governing institutional accreditation. |
| Feb. 2021 | Steering Group 1 begins work on the “Quality Objectives for Studies and Teaching” matrix. |
| Jan. 2021 | Steering Group 2 – “Development of quality cycles for the implementation and evaluation of processes and content; development and establishment of the internal accreditation and review procedure” – is set to work. |
| Jan. 2021 | Steering Group 1 – “Identification of quality-relevant processes and development of substantive criteria, distinguishing between process and output quality while taking faculty- and programme-specific standards into account” – is set to work. |
| Jan. 2021 | An introductory presentation on system accreditation and a university-wide kick-off meeting take place. |
| Dec. 2020 | The University Executive Board approves the establishment of a Steering Committee. |
| Nov. 2020 | A working draft of the Teaching and Learning Mission Statement undergoes its first round of consultation by the university’s committees. |
| Mar. 2020 | The university concludes an agreement with the accreditation agency ACQUIN to review the transition process. |
| Nov. 2019 | Work on the Teaching and Learning Mission Statement begins with a kick-off event. |
| Jul. 2018 | In its target agreements with the Bavarian State Ministry, the university commits itself to transitioning to institutional accreditation. |
