University of Southeast Norway

Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST1816
    • NO0070
    • Erasmus: N KONGSBE02
    • SCHAC: usn.no
    • Erasmus-Charter: E10146076
    • EU-PIC: 921767430
    • EU-VAT: NO911770709MVA
    • WHED: IAU-007675
  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Further location(s)
    Borre, Norway
    Bø, Norway
  • Website
  • Founding year
    2014
  • QF-EHEA levels
    third cycle, second cycle, first cycle
  • Previous names
    • Buskerud and Vestfold University College (Høgskolen i Buskerud og Vestfold) until 30/06/2016
    • University College of South-Eastern Norway (Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge) until 30/06/2018
  • Historical relationships

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Initial institutional accreditation
    gives universities and colleges certain rights to award national degrees or diplomas.
  • Programme accreditation
    required for non-accredited university colleges on all levels and for university colleges or specialised university institutions that wish to establish a new doctoral or master programme outside their doctoral fields.
  • Audit
    carried out at least once in 8 years. The right to self-accredit programmes is conditional upon a positive evaluation of the higher education institution's internal QA system (audit).
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Norway

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Periodic review of institutional quality assurance practices

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system
Integrated Secondary Teacher Education (degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    -
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • DEQAR Report ID
    79098
  • Agency
  • Type
    Evaluations of quality of education
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    not applicable
  • Date
    20/10/2022
  • Valid until
    not applicable
  • Summary
    This is the final report from NOKUT’s evaluation of the 5-year master’s programme Integrated Secondary Teacher Education. The evaluation has run from 2020-2022 and is a part of NOKUT’s work to contribute towards quality assurance and enhancement in education. The aim for this evaluation has been to generate knowledge about quality in Integrated Secondary Teacher Education and contribute to e...
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
  • Agency's identifier
    15/2022
  • Verifiable Credential
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Decision: positive Joint programme
International Teacher Education in Primary Schools (ITEps) (first cycle degree)