Accreditation
The HECTOR School of Engineering and Management was accredited by ASIIN in 2005.
ASIIN Requirements for Accreditation
What accreditation and ASIIN aim to achieve
The introduction of Bachelor's and Master's programs by Germany's universities within the scope of (European) policy and statutory guidelines essentially pursues the following goals:
- To make German higher education more international and flexible,
to improve the global market employability of German university graduates,
to recruit more foreign students for Germany's universities,
to adapt degree programs more quickly and more flexibly to the requirements of the market, and - to use the two-cycle degree format to open up continuing training opportunities within the scope of lifelong learning by offering career-integrated Master's programs.
Within this context, ASIIN is responsible for examining and certifying new Bachelor's and Master's programs:
- in engineering
- in informatics/computer science
- in the natural sciences
Since September 2002, when the predecessor (ASII) was transformed into ASIIN, this new accreditation agency has positioned itself as the competent and qualified partner for universities seeking accreditation for their new degree programs in engineering and informatics/computer science, and in mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, geosciences and pharmacy.
ASIIN offers the very best credentials to ensure that interdisciplinary degree programs are reviewed quickly and professionally, since it brings together specialist committees and reviewers under a single umbrella for each of the respective disciplinary cultures. As a non-profit, registered association, ASIIN pursues the following goals:
- To improve the quality of higher education in Germany, to ensure that cross-disciplinary and subject-specific quality standards are maintained when new degree programs are introduced at German universities. to make German academic structures and degrees internationally compatible, to make higher education more flexible and so create new opportunities for personal education paths and corporate human resources development, to help German universities become more attractive by offering German and foreign students the opportunity to complete internationally-compatible degrees and study sections,
- to promote the diversity, quality and transparency of degree programs.
ASIIN sets about achieving these goals by defining procedures and criteria for the evaluation of degree programs in engineering, informatics/computer science, natural sciences and mathematics in accordance with standards and guidelines set by the German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat). ASIIN negotiates and signs agreements with foreign accreditation institutions on cooperation and on the mutual recognition of accredited degree programs.
ASIIN accredits Bachelor's and Master's programs as well as Diplom degree courses for which no framework examination regulations exist. ASIIN accredits degree programs offered by universities and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen).
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