Computer Programming

PXL University College

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
NVAO: Programme accreditation
  • Programme
    Computer Programming
  • Other names
    • Programmeren
  • Qualification/award
    • Associate Degree of Computer Programming
    • Gegradueerde in het programmeren
  • Level
    short cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
  • DEQAR Report ID
    47683
  • Agency
    Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)
  • Type
    • Initial programme accreditation in Flanders for universities and universities of applied sciences and arts
  • Status
    part of obligatory EQA system
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    01/09/2019
  • Valid until
    30/09/2025
  • Notes
    Article II.153, §8, paragraph 5 of the Codex Higher Education: The Flemish Government may, on the basis of advice from the accreditation organisation, extend the period of validity of a positive decision on an application for a programme in order to safeguard the simultaneous and clustered organisation of external reviews. The total duration of recognition as a new programme may never exceed eight academic years. For this reason, the end date of the accreditation stated in the decision differs from the registered end date of the term.
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/47683
  • Agency's identifier
    NVAO-21867-130854-2019-129924
  • Verifiable Credential
  • Education provider

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