Wittenborg Bachelor of International Business Administration Approved by Netherlands Quality Agency!

by Peter Birdsall - Monday, 24 July 2006, 10:18 AM

Wittenborg Bachelor of International Business Administration Approved by Netherlands Quality Agency!

Wittenborg’s Bachelor Programme in International Business Administration has this week been approved by the Netherlands Quality Agency, as part of the National and International accreditation process. The report has been sent to the Netherlands Accreditation Organization for approval and accreditation.

Wittenborg International was given a positive assessment on ALL aspects of the school, its structures and its Business Programme.

Wittenborg International is one of the first HBO universities to have its entire audit and accreditation application carried out in English, and also one of the first HBOs to have a complete international version of its programmes assessed.

A copy of the report, which is written in English, is to be found here.

Wittenborg_Final_Report_Assessment_IBA_NQA.pdf

Matrix of Conclusions and Assessments at Facet and Topic Level

Topic/Facet	Study programme IBA
*Topic 1 Aims and Objectives*
Facet 1. Domain-specific requirements	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Bachelor’s level	Satisfactory
Facet 3. Orientation HBO bachelor’s degree	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*
*Topic 2 Programme Contents and Structure*
Facet 1. HBO requirements	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Relationship between aims and objectives and contents of the programme	Satisfactory
Facet 3. Coherence of the programme	Satisfactory
Facet 4. Study load	Satisfactory
Facet 5. Intake	Satisfactory
Facet 6. Duration	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*
*Topic 3 Deployment of Staff*
Facet 1. HBO requirements	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Quantity of staff	Satisfactory
Facet 3. Quality of staff	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*
*Topic 4 Facilities*
Facet 1. Material facilities	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Student counselling	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*
*Topic 5 Internal Quality Assurance*
Facet 1. Systematic approach	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Involvement of staff, students, graduates and the professional field	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*
*Topic 6 Conditions for Continuity*
Facet 1. Graduation guarantee	Satisfactory
Facet 2. Investments	Satisfactory
Facet 3. Financial provisions	Satisfactory
Overall conclusion	*Positive*

Overall conclusion

On the basis of the above scheme and its underpinning in Section 5, it appears that the programmes score positive on the six topics, resulting in a positive conclusion about the study programme.

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