International Workshop for Higher Education institutions - the Road to an
ASIIN/European accreditation Structure and Operating Fields of ASIIN Dr. Thomas Lichtenberg Berlin, 2nd of May 2016
Monday, 02 May 2016 14:00 – 17:00
14:00 Welcome Address
Dr. Thomas Lichtenberg, Procedure/Project Manager, ASIIN e.V.
14:10 The structure and operating fields of ASIIN
Dr. Thomas Lichtenberg, Procedure/Project Manager, ASIIN e.V.
14:25 The ASIIN model for institutional accreditation – approach and assessment
Jana Möhren, Head of International Office, ASIIN e.V.
Time for your questions
15:00 Standards and procedures of an ASIIN programme accreditation
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt, Chairman ASIIN Accreditation Commission for Degree Programmes
Time for your questions
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Enhancing permeability and lifelong learning: Certification of further education offers
Jana Möhren, Head of International Office, ASIIN e.V.
Time for your questions
16:45 Closing Remarks
Dr. Thomas Lichtenberg, Procedure/Project Manager, ASIIN e.V.
17:00 End of the pre-conference 2
The Bologna Process (1)
The Bologna Process
• most extensive reform of a HE system e
• 16 million students in 47 countries: > 4000 HEIs
• joint rules for degrees, credits, certificates and learning outcomes
aims at
• transparency of degree programmes
• degrees with comparable qualification frameworks and equal study cycles (undergraduate, graduate )
• mobility of students
• mobility of graduates within the European labour market
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The Bologna Process (2)
Challenges
• Outcome-based definition of jobs
• Recognition of professional qualifications (Directive on Recognition of EU)
• Comparability and transfer of grades
• Admission to Second Cycle (Lisbon Recognition Convention)
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Founding Members of ASIIN e.V.
An alliance anchoring in the
scientific community and in the economy (universities, professional organizations, scientific societies,
chambers, trade unions, employers’ federations) working
together for quality assurance and improvement in higher education
Employer’s
Federations, Trade
Unions , Industry
Associations
Technical and
Scientific
Associations,
Professional
Organizations,
Chambers
Coordination
Group
of Universities
of Applied
Sciences
Coordination
Group of
Technical
Universities
Respective deans’
conferences as
“guests”
Respective deans’
conferences as
“guests”
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ASIIN e.V. Accreditation Procedure
Accreditation Procedure
• Learning outcomes
• Modularised programmes
• ECTS credit point/Workload
• Clear and transparent
rules for admission / examinations
• Competence oriented
examinations
> Criteria of structures and procedures
ASIIN Accreditation
Additionally:
• Subject specific criteria
• Assessment of Learning outcomes and curriculum
• Comparison with
examples of subject specific criteria
> Criteria of content
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ASIIN: who we are and what we do
• Not-for-profit organization (1999)
• Cooperation between HEIs, professional societies and industry
• Expertise of around 1600 peers and 190 committee members
• Programme accreditation / certification: ca. 4000 study programmes, national seals and international field specific labels
• System accreditation / institutional certification: national seal and international ASIIN-label
ASIIN e.V.
• 100% affiliate of ASIIN e. V.
• Founded to complete portfolio and to avoid conflict of interests
• ASIIN certificate for modules and courses in continuous education
• Trainings & workshops
• Evaluations
• Consulting for organisation development
• Process management third party seals
• Process management professional cards
ASIIN Consult
• International / European projects: capacity building, field specific qualification
frameworks, learning outcomes / competence profiles
Certification
Academy
Quality Development
ECTNA European Chemistry Thematic Network
Association
ENAEE European Network
Accreditation
Engineering Education
All European Engineering Accreditation Agencies + FEANI, SEFI etc. : LO for FCD and SCD
More than 150 HEIs + chemical societies in Europe + ASIIN have developed LO for the European BA/MA in Chemistry
EQANIE European
Quality Assurance
Network for Informatics Education
CEPIS, Informatics Europe, ASIIN + many European Informatics societies
IFA
International Food
Association
ASIIN/IFA have worked on development of pan-European LO/QA structures in the field of food science
EQAS-
Food
Eurobachelor/
Euromaster
Euro-Inf
Bachelor/Master
EUR-ACE
Bachelor/Master
ASIIN: our QA-networks for academic and professional mobility
Ow
ner
Org
anzi
atio
ns
European Quality Labels LO, FCD + SCD
An ASIIN-procedure on the programme / course / module level may lead to different seals
Engineering Informatics Chemistry
ASIIN: offering international seals and quality labels
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Engineering, Natural Sciences, Informatics (Economics)
The ASIIN quality seal for study programmes provides assurance that subject specific quality standards of the academic discipline and of the profession for which that programme prepares are met at high level.
It confirms further that a suitable framework for good teaching and successful learning is provided.
The award of the seal is based on learning outcome oriented standards of the involved disciplines and complies with the European Qualifications Framework and the “European Standards and Guidelines”.
ASIIN: checks and balances in programme- / institutional accreditation
ASIIN General Assembly
• (Technical) Universities
• Universities of applied science
• Industrial federations, trade unions
• Technical, scientific and professional associations
3 Persons per group of members
ASIIN-board
12 Persons
ASIIN-Experts Programmes
Accreditation Commission
Programmes
appoints
13 Technical Committees
Audit Teams
on recommendation
of TC appoints
Board of appeals
ASIIN-Experts Systems/In-
stitutions
Audit Teams
Accreditation
Commission Systems
appoints
reviews appeals
appoints
appoints
ASIIN Headquarters (endorses all bodies)
Proposals for pool of experts and TC
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ASIIN is the only disciplinary agency globally offering accreditations in all MINT disciplines
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Actual number of Technical Committees:
Techn. Comm. 8
Agricultural and
Nutritional Sciences
Techn. Comm. 8
Agricultural and
Nutritional Sciences
Techn. Comm. 1
Mechanical Engineering/
Process Engineering
Techn. Comm. 1
Mechanical Engineering/
Process Engineering
Techn. Comm. 2
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 2
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 3
Civil Engineering/
Surveying
Techn. Comm. 3
Civil Engineering/
Surveying
Techn. Comm. 5
Physical Technologies, Materials and Process
Engineering
Techn. Comm. 5
Physical Technologies, Materials and Process
Engineering
Techn. Comm. 6
Industrial Engineering
Techn. Comm. 6
Industrial Engineering
Techn. Comm. 7
Information Management
Techn. Comm. 7
Information Management
Techn. Comm. 4
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 4
Information Technology
3Persons fromUniversities
3Persons fromuniversities of
applied sciences
3Persons from
industry
1-2Student members
Techn. Comm. 9
Chemistry
Techn. Comm. 9
Chemistry
Techn. Comm. 10
Biology
Techn. Comm. 10
Biology
Techn. Comm. 11
Geosciences
Techn. Comm. 11
Geosciences
Techn. Comm. 12
Mathematics
Techn. Comm. 12
Mathematics
Techn. Comm. 13
Physics
Techn. Comm. 13
Physics
Actual number of Technical Committees:
Techn. Comm. 8
Agricultural and
Nutritional Sciences
Techn. Comm. 8
Agricultural and
Nutritional Sciences
Techn. Comm. 1
Mechanical Engineering/
Process Engineering
Techn. Comm. 1
Mechanical Engineering/
Process Engineering
Techn. Comm. 2
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 2
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 3
Civil Engineering/
Surveying
Techn. Comm. 3
Civil Engineering/
Surveying
Techn. Comm. 5
Physical Technologies, Materials and Process
Engineering
Techn. Comm. 5
Physical Technologies, Materials and Process
Engineering
Techn. Comm. 6
Industrial Engineering
Techn. Comm. 6
Industrial Engineering
Techn. Comm. 7
Information Management
Techn. Comm. 7
Information Management
Techn. Comm. 4
Information Technology
Techn. Comm. 4
Information Technology
3Persons fromUniversities
3Persons fromuniversities of
applied sciences
3Persons from
industry
1-2Student members
Techn. Comm. 9
Chemistry
Techn. Comm. 9
Chemistry
Techn. Comm. 10
Biology
Techn. Comm. 10
Biology
Techn. Comm. 11
Geosciences
Techn. Comm. 11
Geosciences
Techn. Comm. 12
Mathematics
Techn. Comm. 12
Mathematics
Techn. Comm. 13
Physics
Techn. Comm. 13
Physics
As of: May 2015
ASIIN has experience in (inter-)national accreditations
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276
282
394
258 281 285
373
438
330
450
319
0 7 0 16 13 945 29 26
125
91
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014e 2015e
total international average
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014e 2015e
0 0 0 2 5 12 14 31 44 54 101 133 159 284 37510 68 169 288564
8461240
14981779
20642439
28803210
3660 3979
international total
Foreign Degree Programmes
Joint Program Accreditations
Ongoing Accreditation Visits
Countries which have opened their markets for international accrediations
Globally, ASIIN has accredited more than 370 international degree programmes
International Accreditation Procedures conducted by ASIIN
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The ASIIN model for institutional
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Jana Möhren, Head of International Office, ASIIN
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