Thomas More University College

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 with conditions or restrictions
Institutional review, Thomas More Kempen
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Institutional review, Thomas More Mechelen-Antwerpen

Programme level

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Accounting Administration (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Accounting administration
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Accounting Administration
    • Gegradueerde in de accounting administration
  • 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
Accounting Administration (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Accounting administration
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Accounting Administration
    • Gegradueerde in de accounting administration
  • 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
Agro- and Biotechnology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Agro- en biotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Agro- and Biotechnology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • agro- en biotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Agro- and Biotechnology
    • Bachelor in de agro- en biotechnologie
  • 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
Applied Architecture (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste architectuur
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Architecture
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste architectuur
  • 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
Applied Audiovisual Communication (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste audiovisuele communicatie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Applied Audiovisual Communication (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • toegepaste audiovisuele communicatie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Audiovisual Communication
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste audiovisuele communicatie
  • 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
Applied Information Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste informatica
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste informatica
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Applied Information Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste informatica
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste informatica
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Applied Information Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste informatica
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Information Technology
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste informatica
  • 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
Applied Psychology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Toegepaste psychologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Psychology
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste psychologie
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Applied Psychology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • toegepaste psychologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Applied Psychology
    • Bachelor in de toegepaste psychologie
  • 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
Automotive Technics (short cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Voertuigtechnieken
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Automotive Technics
    • Gegradueerde in de voertuigtechnieken
  • 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
Automotive Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Autotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Automotive Technology
    • Bachelor in de autotechnologie
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Automotive Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Autotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Automotive Technology
    • Bachelor in de autotechnologie
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • Offered by
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Automotive Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Autotechnologie
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor of Automotive Technology
    • Bachelor in de autotechnologie
  • 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 Laboratory Technology (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Biomedische laboratoriumtechnologie
  • 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
Business Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bedrijfsmanagement
  • 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
Business Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bedrijfsmanagement
  • 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
Business Management (first cycle degree)
  • Other names
    • Bedrijfsmanagement
  • Qualification/award
    • Bachelor
    • Bachelor
  • 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.