17.5 Does a higher education institution have to make it transparent that a study programme does not qualify students for a regulated profession? Does the external presentation have to be checked during accreditation?

Promises of career goals are made primarily in the external presentation of the study programmes, e.g. on websites of the higher education institutions for prospective students or on advertising flyers.

If access to a specific regulated profession is obvious, for example due to the course title, the higher education institution must clearly communicate in its external presentation if this is not the case. The external presentation materials must clearly state whether or not the study programme qualifies for a regulated profession (and if so, under what other conditions). This serves to protect applicants.

It is true that the external presentation (except in the special case regulated in § 9 of the MRVO) is not a standard area of examination in the assessment. However, if an introduction to regulated professions is on the agenda, it is obligatory to take a look at the external professional objectives. The legal basis is the examination of qualification goals (§ 11) and their implementation (§ 12 para. 1).