1. 1 Dr. Dorine Bruneel 16 november 2010 Accreditation process engineering department – Chemistry

2. Content of the presentation 1.Education programmes 2.Assessment Organisations 3.Time Table 4.ZER 5.Visitation 6.Temporary report 7.Final report 8.Accreditation 9.General remarks 2

3. 1. Education programmes Academic Bachelor Industrial Science Chemistry (Aalst en Ghent) 180 ECTS credits Master Industrial Science Biochemistry (Ghent) 60 ECTS credits Master Industrial Science Chemistry (Ghent) 60 ECTS credits 3

4. 2. Assessment Organisations VLHORA VLHORA as Quality Assessment Board NVAO (in Dutch: Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie) is the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders. The organisation was established by international treaty and it ensures the quality of higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders. 4

5. 55 Activities Report = ZER Defence = VISITATION Assessment = VISITATION REPORT Implication = ACCREDITATION 3. Time table  No accreditation.  accreditation. 15 dec. 2008 30 sept 2008 12-13- 14-15 okt 2009 2010

6. 8 Institutes - Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst -Hogeschool Gent -Karel de Grote-Hogeschool -Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen -Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen -Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg -Groep T -KaHo Sint-Lieven 6

7. 4. ZER : 15 december 2008 Introduction 1. Objectives 1.1 Level and orientation 1.2 Domain specific demands 2. Program 2.1 Relationship between the objectives and the content of the program 2.2 Demands academic orientation 2.3 Coherence of the program 2.4 Study efficiency 2.5 Relation between the design (style) and the content 2.6 Evaluation conditions 2.7 Master thesis 2.8 Practical training 2.9 Conditions of acceptance 7

8. 3. Staff 3.1 Quality of the staff members 3.2 Demands profesional and academic orientation 3.3 Quantity of the staff 4. Provisions 4.1 Material provisions 4.2 Student guidance 5. Internal quality system 5.1 Results evaluation 5.2 Measures for improvement 5.3 Involve teaching staff, students, graduates and representatives of the work field 6. Results 6.1 Realised level 6.2 Yield of education 8

9. Evaluation Evaluation of the 6 subjects by the evaluation of the 21 aspects - The 21 aspects are evaluated as follows: - excellent - good - sufficient - not sufficient -The judgement by subject is based on the evaluation of the different aspects of that subject: - sufficient - not sufficient -To obtain a positive judgement each of the 6 subjects must have an evaluation “sufficient”. 9

10. Preparation and writing of the report: - start date: august 2008 - inventory of the activities from 2002 (visitation in 2002) till 2008 - inventory of the obliged attachments - 1 full-time staff member - assistance of the department and teaching staff 10

11. 5. Visitation: 12-13-14-15 oktober 2009 Composition of the visitation commission Dhr. Van Cleemput Oswald: chairman, discipline expert, dr. in de Landbouwkundige Wetenschappen, emeritus gewoon hoogleraar aan de UGent, Afdeling Toegepaste Fysicochemie Dhr. Libotton Arno: education expert, dr. Pedagogische Wetenschappen, docent pedagogische wetenschappen, VUB Dhr. Leysen Roger: discipline expert, dr. In de Wetenschappen, senior researcher VITO Dhr. Paul De Schepper: discipline expert from the industry, R&D medewerker bij BASF Mevr. Vanneste Sarra: student industrial engeneering chemistry, option biochemistry, Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen Secretary: Mevr. Lucia Van Hoof VLHORA-supervisor: Mevr. Mieke Beckers 11

12. Monday 12 Oktober 2009 19.00 – 21.00preliminary meeting of the commission Tuesday 13 Oktober 2009 08.00 – 09.00transfer from Ghent to Aalst 09.00 – 10.00visit campus Dirk Martens Aalst 10.00 – 11.00 transfer Aalst to Ghent 11.00 – 12.30 preliminary meeting of the commission 12.30 – 13.30lunch for the commission 13.30 – 15.00preliminary meeting of the commission 15.00 – 15.30 discussion with the director of the school and the head of the department 15.30 – 17.00meeting with the responsibles for the education programme of the bachelor and the master programme, the authors of the ZER and a student 17.00 – 17.30internal consultation 17.30 – 18.30meeting with the responsibles of the quality system and the responsibles for the education development 18.30 – 19.30informal meeting 20.00diner for the commission 12

13. Woensdag 14 oktober 2009 08.30 – 09.00internal meeting 09.00 – 10.00students bachelor (max. 12 ) 10.00 – 10.45students master chemistry and master biochemistry (max. 10) 11.00 – 12.30visit campus 12.30 – 13.30lunch for the commission 13.30 – 14.00internal meeting 14.00 – 15.00teaching staff bachelor (max. 12) 15.15 – 16.00teaching staff master (max. 10) 16.15 – 16.45administrative-technical staff 16.45 – 18.00internal meeting 18.00 – 19.00representatives work field (max. 10) 19.00 – 19.45graduates (max. 10 graduates last 3 years) 20.00diner for the commission 13

14. Donderdag 15 oktober 2009 08.30 – 09.00internal meeting 09.00 – 09.45 ombudsman, responsibles student guidance 10.00 – 10.30responsibles internationalisation 10.30 – 11.30supervisors master thesis 11.30 – 12.30internal meeting 12.30 – 13.30lunch for the commission 13.30 – 14.00responsibles education programs 14.00 – 15.00free hour 15.00 – 18.00preparation oral report 18.00oral report 14

15. Preparation of the visit 1.Different meetings with the staff members of the 3 education programmes 2. Meeting with the students of the different education programmes 3.Meeting with the graduates (from 2007-2009) 4.Meeting with representatives from the work field 5. The practical organisation - reservation of the hotel - lunch, diner,… - transport to the different locations - availability of computers, documents, text books, … 15

16. 6. Temporary report (october 2010) We receieved the temporary report en could give our remarks. We did receive a sufficient for each of the 6 subjects. 16

17. 7. Final report Final report : end of 2010? The final report is published by VLHORA Also the comparative table with the other institutes is published (ranking) 17

18. 8. Accreditation (NVAO) Apply for accreditation: 2011 Start accreditation: 2013-2014 Duration of the accreditation: 2017-2018 18

19. 9. General Remarks Two years between the writing of the report (ZER) and the final report Financial aspects - the ZER - the organisation of the visitation ( hotel, lunch, diner, transport, the members of the commission and the VLHORA,… ) ( ± € 40 000 only for the visitation) 19