18.05 What are generally essential changes in terms of content?

Beyond the study programme master data (cf. FAQ 18.04), the Accreditation Council considers the case that “an identical curriculum is offered in different forms of delivery, at different learning locations or by different institutions” (explanatory memorandum to § 28 MRVO) to be an essential change.

This includes, in particular, if the study programme is offered at other locations of the same higher education institution. An essential change in this sense is also usually justified by the fact that higher education institutions and / or non-university cooperating institutions are newly involved in the implementation of the study programme.

Otherwise (see FAQ 18.03 and 18.06), the usual further developments in terms of content are not essential within the meaning of Section 28 MRVO and notification should only be made in the event of exceptionally far-reaching changes.