16.7 On what legal basis are the qualification goals of a study programme reviewed?

§ Section 11 (1) and (2) MRVO specifies the criteria according to which the coherence of the qualification goals of the study programme concept is to be examined. In essence, it is laid down there:

• In addition to academic qualification, the ability to take on qualified employment, personal development and social relevance are also prominently anchored as further objectives of higher education as defined in the interstate study accreditation treaty.
• Based on the descriptors or competence dimensions of the “Qualifications Framework for German Higher Education Qualifications” (cf. explanatory memorandum to Section 11 (2) MRVO), the qualification goals define the “professional, scientific, artistic, methodological and personality-building requirements” for the study programme in summary form.

This is to be distinguished from § 12 para. 1 MRVO, which asks, among other things, how the qualification goals aimed for in the study programme as a whole are implemented curricularly (i.e. at module level).