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Accreditation Commission Elects New Chair and New Presidium

At its last meeting, the ASIIN Accreditation Commission bid farewell to its long-standing Chair, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katrin Lehmann (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg). Prof. Lehmann had been a member of the Accreditation Commission since 2018 and one of the two chairs since 2019. The Board, the members, the Accreditation Commission and the ASIIN office would like to thank Prof. Lehmann for her services to promoting the quality of study programmes in Germany and worldwide.

Accreditation Commission Reviews 39 Applications for Programme and Institutional Accreditation

The ASIIN Accreditation Commission met in Düsseldorf on 21/22 March 2024 for its quarterly meeting.

Led by the Chair, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katrin Lehmann (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg) and the Deputy Chair, Prof. Dr. Robert Hänsch (Technische Universität Braunschweig), the Accreditation Commission dealt with 38 applications for programme accreditation and one application for system accreditation.

Cooperation between ASIIN and ONESQA to Prepare for Institutional Accreditation

ASIIN e. V. and the Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA) of Thailand have embarked on a collaborative journey to elevate education quality in Thailand. ONESQA, entrusted with developing criteria and methods for external quality assessment, is dedicated to evaluating educational institutions' achievements and management to ensure excellence.

EASPA: International Day of Higher Education Disciplinary Quality Assurance

Since its founding in 2011, the European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance (EASPA) has provided a platform for the cooperation between the European and international quality assurance networks and international organizations in the development and harmonization of their activities in the field of quality assurance and quality improvement in higher education.