Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen

(Flemish Community higher education system)

Basic information

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Institutional review and programme accreditation
    University colleges and universities require an institutional review and they have to organize the assessment of the quality of their programmes. Other higher education institutions require programme accreditation. For all new programmes an initial accreditation and a first accreditation by NVAO is mandatory. Only education providers included in the Flemish Higher Education Register can award legally recognised degrees. Programme accreditation is still required for the delivery of new programmes or for programmes with a limited period of accreditation (the ‘Codex Hoger Onderwijs’ 2013).
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Belgium (Flemish Community)

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

No results found.

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Architecture (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • architectuur
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Architecture
    • Master in de architectuur
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Architecture (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • architectuur
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Architecture
    • Bachelor in de architectuur
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Archivistiek: erfgoed- en hedendaags documentbeheer
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Arts of Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management
    • Master of Arts in de archivistiek: erfgoed- en hedendaags documentbeheer
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • archivistiek: erfgoed- en hedendaags documentbeheer
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Archival Science: Heritage and Records Management
    • Master in de archivistiek: erfgoed- en hedendaags documentbeheer
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Arts and Humanities (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Cultuurwetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science of Teaching in Arts and Humanities
    • Master of Science in de cultuurwetenschappen
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Arts and Humanities (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Cultuurwetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemical Engineering Technology (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Industriële wetenschappen: biochemie
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science of Biochemical Engineering Technology
    • Master of Science in de industriële wetenschappen: biochemie
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemistry and Biotechnology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • biochemie en de biotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    • Bachelor in de biochemie en de biotechnologie
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biochemistry and Biotechnology (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • biochemie en de biotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    • Master in de biochemie en de biotechnologie
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science of Biology
    • Bachelor of Science in de biologie
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biology (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science of Biology
    • Master of Science in de biologie
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biology (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science
    • Bachelor of Science
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biology (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Sciences (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science of Biomedical Sciences
    • Bachelor of Science in de biomedische wetenschappen
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Sciences (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science of Biomedical Sciences
    • Master of Science in de biomedische wetenschappen
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Sciences (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science
    • Bachelor of Science
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Sciences (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Biomedical Sciences (second cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Master of Science
    • Master of Science
  • Level
    second cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Bioscience Engineering (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science of Bioscience Engineering
    • Bachelor of Science in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by

Verifiable Credentials

A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a digitally-signed and thus tamper-evident document containing information on a subject (e.g. personal information, entitlements of an individual, degrees held by an individual or accreditation of a higher education institution). Quality assurance results recorded in DEQAR can be downloaded as W3C-compatible Verifiable Credentials.

Currently, two types of credentials can be issued:

EBSI Verifiable Accreditations (VA) can be used by a higher education institution in the context of the EBSI Early Adopters programme.

  • The VA allows the institution to prove its external quality assurance on the Trusted Issuer Registry (TIR). EBSI VAs are only issued for external quality assurance results with an official status in a national system (“part of obligatory EQA system”).
  • At present, the higher education institution’s EBSI DID needs to be communicated to EQAR and recorded in DEQAR manually at the moment. If you are a higher education institution participating in EBSI, please contact us to register your DID.
  • EBSI VAs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:ebsi:zk4bhCepWSYp9RhZkRPiwUL.

DEQAR Format Verifiable Credentials primarily serve as a proof of concept and public demonstrator currently.

  • DEQAR Format VCs are based on the plain W3C Recommendation and our own data model. While they closely follow the EBSI Schema, no EBSI-specific or EU-specific elements or data types are used.
  • The higher education institution is identified by its DEQAR URI in this case.
  • DEQAR Format VCs are issued by EQAR under its DID did:web:data.deqar.eu.

Please note: this is an experimental feature.