ALL BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE ARE ACCREDITED BY NVAO, THE NATIONAL ACCREDITATION ORGANISATION. NVAO COMMISSIONs A REVIEW OF each PROGRAMME ONCE EVERY SIX YEARS.
NVAO also conducts institutional audits of universities in the Netherlands every six years, to assess their internal system of quality assurance and management. The University of Twente successfully passed the institutional audit in 2020. Programmes provided by institutions that have passed an institutional audit will be assessed in accordance with the limited framework for existing programmes.
The assessment of existing programmes involves a site visit carried out by an NVAO-approved panel of independent, expert peers. The programmes must demonstrate that their educational practice meets the standards. The assessment focuses on the quality achieved and addresses the intended learning outcomes, the teaching and learning environment, student assessment, and the achieved learning outcomes.