Bologna Process at RUGImplementation Ba/Ma, Quality Assurance &

Diploma Supplement

Regine van Groningen

Academic Affairs & International Relations

Implementation Bachelor / Master RUG

- Bologna declaration

- European Higher Education Area

- goal: to facilitate and increase student mobility

- goal: transparency of higher education and of grades obtained

Bachelor-Master structure at RUG

- 2 cycle system (implemented in 2002 and 2003)

en -studies -studies

Bachelor

Master

180 ECTS 180 ECTS

60 ECTS120 ECTS

180 ECTS

180 ECTS

medical studies

Bachelor - Master, contents

Bachelor: focus on student

- academic training, general competence

- broaden interest in field of study

- preparation for master studies

Master: focus on expertise

- specialisation (professional or scientific)

- specialised competence

Bachelor, contents

180 ECTS

- major

- field of study

- academic training

- e.g. specialisation

30 ECTS

free minor

150 ECTS

academic training

- knowledge

- academic training

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

Advantages of this Bachelor model

- visible academic training (HBO - WO)

- freedom of choice for student + exchange

- creation of multidisciplinary study tracks

* reduced number of new studies

* increased flow bachelor -> master

- mono-disciplinary tracks might be interesting as a minor (not as major)

Internal Quality Assurance

Current situation

- no fully implemented structure for quality assurance at faculty level

- just data collection

- no follow-up of results

- a lot of “ad hoc” work prior to visitation

Internal Quality Assurance

Near future

- one protocol on qualifications, obligations, and actions towards quality assurance

- a fully implemented structure for quality assurance

- all information will be directly available for visitation procedure

Diploma Supplement

Why?

- improves transparency in higher education

- provides an honest judgement on

the qualification obtained

- increases mobility, facilitates access to labour market & stimulates lifelong learning

NL: implementation as from 1 January 2005

Diploma Supplement at RUG

Current situation & developments

- students receive diploma in English & Dutch

- students do not automatically receive full transcript of records

- RUG computing centre received order to develop system for production of DS

- faculties have been asked to translate all necessary information into English

Diploma Supplement at RUG

Near future

- DS, like diploma, will be produced at central level (student administration)

- DS will be produced in English

- DS will be provided automatically and free of charge to every student at the end of Bachelor and/or Masters programme