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BASINS pilot:BASINS pilot:Methodology applied Methodology applied
for single accreditationfor single accreditation
Fred Mulder (NVAO)
Graz, 10 June 2010
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Criteria: general
Backbone common to all NVAO frameworks:
(1) Aims and objectives
(2) Curriculum
(3) Staff
(4) Services
(5) Internal quality assurance system
(6) Results
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Criteria*: Research Master’s• Students spend up to a whole year performing
hands-on research. Master theses are of a very high standard.
• Embedded in research departments of proven very good to outstanding quality.
• Admission is highly selective.
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Procedure: Research Master’s
• NVAO & Royal NL Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Permanent Assessment Committees
• Application File: SER
• Questions & Answers; Additional Sources
• “Site Visit”
• Advisory Assessment Report: + or –
• Decision NVAO Board: + or -4
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Research Master Review 2007The Exploration of a New Domain
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BASINS: accreditation required?
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Consortium: full members
Netherlands: yes, May 2011
Norway: no
France: no
Consortium: associate members
Hungary: yes, October 2015
Germany: yes, in future
France: no
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BASINS “site visit” 120510the permanent committee
Prof. dr. ir. Hein de Baar – chair, NL
Prof. dr. Tom Veldkamp – member, NL
Prof. dr. Rien Herber – member, NL
Prof. dr. Gerard Govers – member, FL
Heleen Cousijn, MSc – student member, UK
Fred Mulder, MSc – secretary, NL/FL
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BASINS “site visit” 120510others present (pilot)
Prof. dr. László Szarka – “participant”, HU
Teresa Sánchez – observer, FR
Kaja Braathen – observer, NL/FL
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Tentative evaluation:Diversity within Jointness
1. Research Master’s: Netherlands only → accreditation as RM irrelevant in partner countries.
2. In the Netherlands, accreditation of RMs differs from the accreditation of other degree programmes.
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