Biblical Studies College

BibelStudienKolleg e.V.

Basic information

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • System Accreditation
    is optional, and enables the institution to self-accredit its study programmes. The accreditation is limited in time for a period of eight years.
  • Programme Accreditation
    applies for Bachelor and Master degree programs of state or state-recognized universities in Germany. The accreditation is obligatory unless the institution has a valid system accreditation.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Germany

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Provider level

Decision: positive
Institutional and programme accreditation
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103533
  • Agency
    European Council for Theological Education e.V. (ECTE)
  • Type
    Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    24/01/2023
  • Valid until
    23/01/2028
  • Summary

    Report summary

    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant  ​framework of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​
    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credit...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103533
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential

Learning opportunity/credential level

Decision: positive
BSK-L Program (short cycle other provision, 120 ECTS)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    short cycle (NQF 5)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    120
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103533
  • Agency
    European Council for Theological Education e.V. (ECTE)
  • Type
    Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    24/01/2023
  • Valid until
    23/01/2028
  • Summary

    Report summary

    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant  ​framework of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​
    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credit...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103533
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential
Decision: positive
BSK-XL Program (first cycle other provision, 180 ECTS)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    180
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103533
  • Agency
    European Council for Theological Education e.V. (ECTE)
  • Type
    Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    24/01/2023
  • Valid until
    23/01/2028
  • Summary

    Report summary

    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant  ​framework of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​
    ​​The BibelStudienKolleg in Ostfildern, German, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The purpose of the review is the cyclical renewal of accreditation of the institution and two programmes delivered onsite, comparable t: one EQF level 5 (Short Cycle) programme (120 ECTS credits) and one EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (180 ECTS credit...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103533
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential

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.