Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Høgskulen på Vestlandet

Basic information

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

Filter reports

Agency
Status
Activity
Decision
Report valid

Institutional level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional quality assurance audit, Sogn og Fjordane University College
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Institutional quality assurance audit, Stord/Haugesund University College

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions Joint programme
Maritime Operations, second cycle