University Colleges Leuven-Limburg

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

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional review
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional review, UC Limburg

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Education: Special Education Needs (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • onderwijs: buitengewoon onderwijs
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Education: Special Education Needs
    • Bachelor in het onderwijs: buitengewoon onderwijs
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Education: Special Education Needs (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • onderwijs: buitengewoon onderwijs
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Education: Special Education Needs
    • Bachelor in het onderwijs: buitengewoon onderwijs
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
egradueerde of Social Educational Care Work (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • orthopedagogie
  • Qualification/award
    • Gegradueerde of Social Educational Care Work
    • Gegradueerde in de orthopedagogie
  • Level
    short cycle (NQF 5)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Electromechanical Systems (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Elektromechanische systemen
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree in Electromechanical Systems
    • Gegradueerde in de elektromechanische systemen
  • Level
    short cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Electromechanical Systems (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Elektromechanische systemen
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree in Electromechanical Systems
    • Gegradueerde in de elektromechanische systemen
  • Level
    short 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
Electromechanics (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Elektromechanica
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Electromechanics
    • Bachelor in de elektromechanica
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Electromechanics (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Elektromechanica
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Electromechanics
    • Bachelor in de elektromechanica
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Electronics-ICT (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • elektronica-ICT
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Electronics-ICT
    • Bachelor in de elektronica-ICT
  • 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
Energy Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Energietechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Energy Technology
    • Bachelor in de energietechnologie
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Energy Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • energietechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Energy Technology
    • Bachelor in de energietechnologie
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Engineering Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Industriële wetenschappen
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Science of Engineering Technology
    • Bachelor of Science in de industriële 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
Environmental Care (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Milieuzorg
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Environmental Care
    • Bachelor in de milieuzorg
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
HR Support (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • HR-support
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of HR Support
    • Gegradueerde in de HR-support
  • Level
    short cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
HVAC Systems (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • HVAC-systemen
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of HVAC Systems
    • Gegradueerde in de HVAC-systemen
  • Level
    short cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Information Technology (short cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
    • Gegradueerde of Information Technology
  • Level
    short cycle (NQF 5)
  • 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
Intensive and Emergency Care (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • 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
Intensive and Emergency Care (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • 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
International Cooperation for North-South Relations (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of International Cooperation for North-South Relations
    • Bachelor in de internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • 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
International Cooperation for North-South Relations (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of International Cooperation for North-South Relations
    • Bachelor in de internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • 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
International Cooperation for North-South Relations (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of International Cooperation for North-South Relations
    • Bachelor in de internationale samenwerking Noord-Zuid
  • 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.