Easily search for information within our website.
NVAO has confidence in the quality of the Bachelor's degree programmes in Nursing. This is evident from the overview report published by NVAO on the assessments of these programmes. However, this was not the case in 2015, when NVAO issued negative...
Decisions of the NVAO must be made public based on legal obligations. Because the NVAO database is linked to the higher education database (DHO), some decisions are not included in this database. These decisions cannot be found in the search funct...
Today, NVAO Flanders presented the results of the system-wide analysis "Futureproof Curricula" at a well-attended launch event. The overview report, "Futureproof Curricula: Building Blocks for Futureproof Higher Education", outlines the key steps ...
The NVAO ensures the quality of higher education in Flanders. To fulfil this role, the NVAO, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, designed the Flemish quality assurance system. This system comprises a coherent and structured set of r...
From its earliest days, NVAO has assigned high priority to internationalisation. This follows as a matter of course from both the binary nature of the organisation and the international focus of Dutch and Flemish higher education. In its Strategy ...
To obtain accreditation from the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), a new degree programme must successfully complete the initial accreditation procedure. Only after passing this quality assessment may the higher ed...
Dutch higher education institutions may provide programmes abroad (transnational education) (Dutch Bulletin of Acts, Orders, and Decrees 2018-152). Following approval, they may confer Dutch degrees upon completion of such programmes abroad.
Organisations wishing to provide recognised education need to be recognised as a legal entity providing higher education. A legal entity providing higher education is a legal body with full legal rights, which has been authorised by the Dutch Mini...
Since the 2015-2016 academic year, the NVAO has assessed the quality assurance systems of universities and universities of applied sciences in Flanders through institutional reviews. Between March 2016 and March 2017, eighteen institutions under...
Since the 2019-2020 academic year, students at universities of applied sciences in Flanders have been able to enrol in associate degree programmes. These programmes were previously offered within adult education and have since been integrated in...
NVAO has been paving the way for a European quality assurance framework for years now and is proud to coordinate the EUniQ project on behalf of the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training. It is up to the EUniQ consortium to think ahead and pro...
NVAO Flanders' Code of Ethics bundles the rules of conduct and guidelines for panel members in NVAO's assessment procedures. This code applies to all persons who perform tasks on behalf of NVAO in the capacity of "panel member". By signing this co...
On September 1, 2019, the new Flemish system of quality assurance (QA) was launched. QA in Flanders took two major steps forward. Assessment of individual programmes made way for a review at the institutional level. Besides, the traditional focus ...
“Collectively drawing up the plans for the investments in the quality of education was a treat,” or so the researchers were told repeatedly during the interviews that were conducted in the purview of this study. This is perhaps the main yield of t...