Quality Seals
Program accreditation procedure for the acquisition of the ASIIN seal and the following international quality labels
The ASIIN seal confirms that a course of study meets the high-level requirements of science and professional practice of the involved disciplines. At the same time, it documents that secure framework conditions for good teaching and successful learning are in place. The award of the seal is based on recognized learning outcome-oriented professional standards in accordance with the European Qualifications Framework and the "European Standards and Guidelines".
The ASIIN seal for study programmes is available for programmes in engineering and natural sciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine and economics as well as their interdisciplinary forms. It focuses on learning outcomes and takes into account the relevance of academic education for the professional world. The seal can be awarded to courses of study in the above-mentioned subject areas worldwide.
European labels
For selected subjects, ASIIN is authorized, in addition to the ASIIN seal – and for a small additional fee – to award further established European/international quality seals ('labels'):
- for engineering sciences: the EUR-ACE® ("European Accredited Engineer") Label
- for chemical sciences: the Euro Label
- for computer science/business informatics: the Euro-Inf® Label
- for food sciences: the EQAS-Food Label
- for medical sciences: the AMSE/ASIIN seal, based on the criteria of the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME)
- for industrial engineering: the Quality Seal Industrial Engineering
For selected disciplines, ASIIN is authorized to award, in addition to the ASIIN seal and for a small additional fee, well-established European and international quality labels (“seals”). This is based on the respective subject-specific criteria (SSC). Alternatively, an award can be made on the basis of an existing programme or institutional accreditation in a resource-saving procedure. In this case, the programme or institutional accreditation must have been granted by an EQAR-registered agency – not necessarily by ASIIN.
We will be happy to explain to you personally which options are available for the European/international quality seals you are interested in.