Technische Universität Berlin 1 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach Vice-president of the Technische Universität Berlin Past-President of SEFI Accreditation

Technische Universität Berlin

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach

Vice-president of the Technische Universität BerlinPast-President of SEFI

Accreditation of engineering degree programmes- current requirements and future challenges –

An International Perspective


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Accreditation Accreditation is a process in which certification of

competency, authority, or credibility is presented.

Organizations that issue

credentials or certify third

parties against official

standards are themselves

formally accredited by

accreditation bodies; hence

they are sometimes known as

"accredited certification

bodies".


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Accreditation The accreditation process ensures that their certification practices are

acceptable, typically meaning that they are competent to test and certify

third parties, behave ethically, and employ suitable quality assurance.


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Quality Benchmarks design a good engineering curriculum in view of the responsibility to allow

for academic mobility on the European scale,

design a good engineering curriculum in view of the responsibility to prepare

for a professional career on the European scale,

ensure employability after completion of the first cycle based on outcome

assessment,

(In this context a must be stated that according to the overwhelming

majority of expert opinions employability must not be set equal to a

comprehensive engineering education.)

design a good engineering curriculum in view of the responsibility to prepare

for a professional career on the global scale,


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employability

Job Market

PhD

BEng (UAS)

MEng (UAS)

research

application

MSc (Unv)

BSc (Unv)


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Outcome orientation - competences

methoddomain

7. Takes social and temporal context into account

context

existing

novel

specific

generic

1. Competent in one or more scientific

disciplines

2. Competent

in doing research

3. Competent

in designing

4. A scientific approach

5. Basic intellectual

skills

6. Collaborating

and communicating


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European Qualification Framework

Six categories of Programme Outcomes

•Knowledge and Understanding •Engineering Analysis •Engineering Design •Investigations •Engineering Practice •Transferable (personal) Skills


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Demands On Professional Mobility

Education – and engineering education in particular – is no longer a national topic but a European one.

The requirements for a sound engineering education must be fulfilled in common. This does by no means call for identical curricula! But ….

What is asked for is:establishing substantial equivalency in Europe!


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The Shoebox SystemECTS 1st Term 2nd Term 3rd Term 4th Term 5th Term 6th Term

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Integrated CurriculumECTS 1st Term 2nd Term 3rd Term 4th Term 5th Term 6th Term

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Types of Accreditation Discussed

Program Accreditation In Germany

System's Accreditation In Austria, Germany, Norway etc.

Program Accreditation On European Scale

Program Accreditation On Global Scale


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Germany

We interpret accreditation as the substitute to the individual governments of the "Länder" in their former responsibility to issue the permit to run a curriculum at an institute of higher education.

This is a quality management process, which has no link to assess “professional qualification” in terms of chartering systems etc.


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Austria, Germany, Norway etc.:System’s Accreditation

This is a process, where the quality management process of the institution plays the governing role, as the "Wissenschaftsrat" has outlined extensively in his publications. This is entirely not compatible with any of the other program approaches.


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Quality Management in Teaching

In analogy to: ISO 9000:2005

It usually consists of :

• definition of the quality policy • quality strategy• quality control • quality assurance and • process optimization


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Process Modell In Teaching (acc. DIN EN ISO 9000:2000)

Study Applicants

Improvement

Project team

Quality PolicyIn Teaching

1st year students

GraduatesSelection

Alumni follow up

Project team

Monitoring Evaluation of

Teaching

Process„Teaching & Learning“

Profs, Lecturers, Students

support

Employers‘ Survey

Leadership Board of the University


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Sample Sub-Processes of Teaching and Learning

Faculties

Board of the University

LSK AS

content management conduct

ConceptAssess-ment

Prepara-tion

PermitAccredi-tation

Eva-luation

VP1 – Stb. 6.5.2007

QS²


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Quo Vadis?

Alignment vs Agreement Europe must develop its

own accord and seek mutual global recognition in a second step

System‘s Accreditation can only serve as national amendment and merge into TQM activities

national approach

globalapproach


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Quo Vadis?

Competence vs PerformanceTeaching intends to

provide competencies

Measurement checks on resulting performance

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Technische Universität Berlin 1 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Steinbach Vice-president of the Technische Universität Berlin Past-President of SEFI Accreditation