The
accreditation process covers three types of factors:
• Factors that by themselves determine whether
accreditation is granted.
• Factors that may only be conditional on the
accreditation.
• Factors that, although not compulsory, may
facilitate acceptance by the Accreditation.
The greater
or lesser suitability of the compulsory conditions is not the sine qua non for granting accreditation.
That is, meeting the compulsory conditions does not mean that accreditation is
granted.
The
aforementioned points are outlined in greater detail below:
1 –
Essential aspects taken into account when evaluating an accreditation
application:
a) The teaching staff’s individual curricula
and availability for teaching the course;
b) The course’s curricular content and
examination standards, requiring that exams
be analysed;
c) Course admission criteria;
d) Compliance between the course’s goals and
its curricular content.
2 –
Other important aspects that, should they be insufficient, may reduce
accreditation to a three year period and require that the next accreditation
renewal comply with the conditions laid
out in the Full Report:
a) Compliance between the course’s objectives
and its academic framework;
b) Updating mechanisms for technical-scientific
courses;
c) Proper facilities to ensure a suitable
academic environment;
d) The existence of functional support
facilities;
e) An individual student advisory plan to
monitor his/her academic progress.
3 – Aspects
favourable to accreditation.
a) Advanced project work or applied
introductory research work;
b) Work in cooperation with companies and
organisms external to the school, or the holding of technical-scientific
conferences, debates and meetings about the course subjects;
c) Clear administrative procedures for the
curricular follow up of students and professors.