accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg - First University in the State of Hesse to Receive Seal of Approval for Quality Assurance
First-class quality in research and teaching are key factors for successful study programs. Consequently, accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg has been working with an individual quality assurance system which has guaranteed the high standards of its programs for many years. Just how well this quality assurance has worked in practice has now been evaluated by a panel of independent experts within the framework of a system accreditation. The result: As the first university in Hesse accadis Hochschule has been bestowed the seal of approval for internal quality assurance, and thereby may now count itself among the 6 percent of universities Germanywide which been awarded a system accreditation to date.
System accreditation warrants quality of research and teaching
Among German businesses the procedure has been long-established: Companies may have their quality assurance systems certified by a panel of independent experts. What has been tried and tested in business has now been available to universities in Germany since 2008: By undergoing a system accreditation, these institutions can now have their internal research and teaching quality assurance systems validated by experts. As the first university in Hesse, accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg has now successfully undergone the process of certification and has officially been system accredited by the FIBAA accrediting agency since 28 November.
Less than 6 percent of universities are system accredited Germanywide
The accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg system accreditation was carried out by the FIBAA accreditation commission and is valid with unconditional clearance until the year 2020. “We are proud that FIBBA is honoring our many years of work in the area of quality assurance and has been convinced by our system”, explains Professor Dr. Werner Meißner, President of accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg. Throughout Germany, accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg hence belongs to a small circle of system accredited universities: Of over 400 state, church and privately run universities, so far less than six percent have successfully undergone a system accreditation.
accadis Hochschule relies on independent certification
Apart from the system accreditation, for many years accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg has relied upon independent certifications for the assurance of quality research and teaching. Before the system accreditation was undertaken, all programs regularly underwent the procedures of program accreditations and re-accreditations. As a university, accadis was already institutionally accredited by the Germany Council of Science and Humanities in 2010. In October 2015 the institutional re-accreditation ensued.