Quality assurance


At the University of Antwerp, we ensure the quality of our programmes. Every programme goes through a quality assurance cycle of six years.

In year 3, a balance is drawn up of the quality assurance of the programme during internal process monitoring and control. In autumn 2019 this will take place for the master of Computer Science.

Year 6 concludes the cycle with a peer review. The study programme reflects on itself and has a discussions with internal and external experts and an independent student.

On 7 and 8 May 2018 the peer review team visited the Master of Computer Science and decided to confirm confidence in the programme.

The programme deliberately chooses a broad bachelor’s program with a large core of mandatory courses. The peer review team also considers it a strong point that it is a robust programme. The curriculum of both the bachelor’s and master’s programme has a strong scientific content. The programme is characterized by individual guidance of students, with frequent (personal) feedback. This is accompanied by a great commitment and willingness to listen from the teachers.

The peer review team asks the programme to thoroughly take its activities to heart again on various points. The programme needs to work out a supported vision in order to be able to make choices and decisions. The programme confronts these challenges in its development plan. They will better reflect the added value of the management and entrepreneurship option among the students. In addition, the guidelines for the research project I and II will be reviewed and reformulated in order to differentiate both subjects more transparently and to make the link with the master's thesis explicit. Through a more strict intake policy the programme wishes to identify the gaps in prior knowledge of international candidates. This renewed intake policy will be combined with more support for the incoming students. The programme will also take a number of measures to encourage outgoing mobility and to facilitate it more systematic. The peer review team acknowledges the intention of the programme to involve alumni and the professional field in a more systematic way. 

Facts and figures

The website ‘opleiding in cijfers’ gives you more detailed information about all programmes in Flemish colleges and universities.