Hogeschool VIVES

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, Catholic University College Vives Noord
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional review, Catholic University College Vives Zuid

Programme level

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)
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
Hospitality Management (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Logies-, restaurant- & cateringmanagement
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Hospitality Management
    • Gegradueerde in het logies-, restaurant- & cateringmanagement
  • 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
Hotel Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Hotelmanagement
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Hotel Management
    • Bachelor in het hotelmanagement
  • 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
Hotel Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Hotelmanagement
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Hotel Management
    • Bachelor in het hotelmanagement
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Hotel Management (first cycle degree)
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Hotel Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • hotelmanagement
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Hotel Management
    • Bachelor in het hotelmanagement
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • 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
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 of Intensive and Emergency Care
    • Bachelor in de intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • 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 of Intensive and Emergency Care
    • Bachelor in de intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • 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 of Intensive and Emergency Care
    • Bachelor in de intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • 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 of Intensive and Emergency Care
    • Bachelor in de intensieve zorg en spoedgevallenzorg
  • 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 Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • International management
  • 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 Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • International management
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
International Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • international management
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of International Management
    • Bachelor in het international management
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
International Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • international management
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of International Management
    • Bachelor in het international management
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Internet of Things (short cycle degree)
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Marketing and Communication Support (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Marketing- en de communicatiesupport
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Marketing and Communication Support
    • Gegradueerde in de marketing- en de communicatiesupport
  • Level
    short 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.