How is the accreditation decision made?

The Senate of OVGU makes the accreditation decision on the basis of the accreditation report, which documents compliance with the criteria of the Catalog of Quality Criteria.

First, the ZQB and the Student Quality Officer (SQB) review the QTB for compliance with the criteria and legal requirements. They prepare statements, which, together with the QTB, are submitted to the Senate Committee for Academic Affairs (KSL). The KSL evaluates compliance with the criteria and, based on its assessment of the QTB and the statements, issues a recommendation that is forwarded to the Senate. If all criteria have been positively evaluated and all legal requirements have been met, the Senate accredits the study program.

If the evaluation determines that the quality criteria were not addressed or were not positively evaluated during the quality cycle, the Senate decides, individually or cumulatively, on the following measures:

a) Request for additional documents

b) Recommendation with a request for a statement

c) Requirement to fulfill specified conditions by a set deadline

d) Exclusion of the study program from the OVGU Quality Development System