Accreditation

Through internal programme accreditation (an internal process for awarding the Accreditation Council's seal for degree programmes) OTH Amberg-Weiden confirms that its degree programmes comply with the ‘Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)’ as well as the ‘Bavarian Regulation on the regulation of study accreditation in accordance with the State Study Accreditation Treaty (Bavarian Study Accreditation Regulation - BayStudAkkV)’. OTH Amberg-Weiden's Principles of Quality Assurance in Study and Teaching (internal link) define tasks, roles and procedures involved in the internal programme accreditation process. They also describe the procedures and tools used for quality assurance.

Internal programme accreditation is based on the results of internal and external evaluations as determined in the quality assurance process. Whilst compliance with the academic and content-related criteria (Sections 11 to 20 of BayStudAkkV) is reviewed in particular by external assessors, the QM-team of OTH Amberg-Weiden primarily checks the formal criteria (Sections 3 to 10 of BayStudAkkV). It prepares the documentation for the accreditation decision and draws up an accreditation report - including a proposal for a resolution to be put before the Senate. The Senate acts as the internal accreditation commission of OTH Amberg-Weiden and decides on the award or withdrawal of the accreditation seal.

Of course all Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes at OTH Amberg-Weiden are accredited. The accreditation results - including a brief quality assessment - are available via the Accreditation Council's central database ('ELIAS').