01.9 Do I have to wait for the Accreditation Council's final decision before starting a study programme or a study programme that has been changed during reaccreditation or during the current accreditation period?

The Accreditation Council does not issue operating licenses for study programmes. This is done the respective Ministry of Science as the responsible supervisory authority. Zhere are a variety of possible approaches between the Länder and different types of higher education institutions, including the delegation of the operating license decision to the higher education institution, but this is not the issue here. 

From an accreditation perspective, the start of a study programme or the implementation of a change to an existing study programme not wait for the final accreditation accreditation decision before starting a program or implementing a change to an existing program. In most Federal States, however, there is an accreditation obligation enshrined in higher education legislation. Under certain circumstances, ministries also expect certain changes to a study programme to be approved before their implementation (reaccreditation, essential change).) completely, i.e. including the decision of the Accreditation Council, have gone through.  

Should it becomes apparent that the decision of the Accreditation Council is not yet available by the desired start date of the (amended) study programmetit is recommended that the higher education institutions as early as possible with the supervisory authority responsible for it as early as possible.