03.5 Are the higher education institutions bound by the Accreditation Council's grid when structuring their reports?

The Quality Reports of the system-accredited higher education institutions do not necessarily have to be based entirely on the reporting grid for program accreditation specified by the Accreditation Council. With regard to the different design of their QM systems, the system-accredited higher education institutions can decide on an appropriate reporting form.

In order to reflect the diversity of accredited quality management systems, the Accreditation Council’s future database will include an additional free text field for describing an internal accreditation process developed by the higher education institution. This will make it easier for the Head Office to check the content of individual accreditation data records of study programmes and will also serve as a transparent information basis for the public.

See also question 3.3.

Note on the change: This question was initially part of FAQ 3.1.