An unserer Hochschule gibt es mehrere Studiengänge, bei denen der Akkreditierungsstatus bislang nicht fest steht und die den Status Akkreditierung läuft haben. Hier erklären wir dir, was das für dich bedeuten kann.
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What does that mean for my studies?
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If the accreditation procedure for a degree programme has not been completed, this means, the degree programme does not (yet) bear the Accreditation Council’s quality seal, i.e. it has not yet passed the assessment of certain formal criteria. (These criteria include contents of the programme, its structure and staff capacity as well as equipment in terms of labs and other rooms for example.)
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This assessment has been started for the degree programmes listed below.
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Currently, there are two different statuses reached in the the accreditation procedure:
- Some of our degree programmes have received a special permit from the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Cultural Affairs. These permits allow us to enrol students and start their studies based on the expectation that these programmes will meet the criteria and receive the Accreditation Council’s quality seal after completing the procedure. You can recognise these programmes by the fact that we included the semester they will start in below their name on the programme’s website.
The Ministry usually only grants special permits for programmes when it is very likely that the accreditation procedure will be completed successfully soon. However, there is no guarantee for a timely accreditation.
- Some of our degree programmes have not quite reached this status in the accreditation procedure yet. You can recognise these programmes by the addition “expected start” that we included below their name on the programme’s website.
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What consequences could the lack of a finalised accreditation have?
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If the degree programme really should not receive the Accreditation Council’s quality seal by the end of your studies, this lack of completed accreditation could be a disadvantage for you insofar as your future employer or a university outside Germany you might want to pursue your Ph.D. with may miss a formally sufficient or definite enough proof of the quality of your qualification.
If you are aspiring to a career in German civil service, you will be able to fill positions in higher but not in senior service. Cf. this document (in German) Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Bundeslaufbahnverordnung, „Zu den §§ 7 und 8 (Feststellung der Laufbahnbefähigung)“ / „Zuordnung der Studienabschlüsse zu den Laufbahngruppen“.
For further information on the accreditation of individual degree programmes, please check the website of the German Accreditation Council.