18.04 What are definitely essential changes?

The “hard core” of what inevitably constitutes an essential change consists of changes to the master data in the Accreditation Council’s accreditation database: Each accredited study programme has a specific entry in this accreditation database, which is reviewed and, if necessary, adjusted with each reaccreditation. Accordingly, every change (additions and deletions are also changes) to the master data represents an essential change. These are (this list is exhaustive):

• Study program title;
• Degree (Bachelor, Master etc…);
• Master’s type (consecutive/further education);
• Degree title (B.A., M.A., M.Sc…);
• Type of degree program (undergraduate/postgraduate);
• Teaching type;
• Forms of study (full-time, part-time, dual, part-time…);
• Standard period of study;
• Locations;
• ECTS points.

These changes also generally include a reassessment of the content of the relevant criteria of the MRVO or the applicable study accreditation ordinance of the host country.