Institutional Accreditation Application To be used by institutions requesting Institutional accreditation. Institutional Accreditation Application General information Name of institution City and country Full address Website/URL Phone Main Email Invoicing Email Head of institution Accreditation officer Institutional accreditation information Is your institution a member of the ECTE? Yes No Indicate date of ECTE membership Note: membership in the ECTE is the first phase in the accreditation process. If you are not an ECTE member, please apply https://ecte.eu/network/membership/ Is your institution/programmes accredited by other agencies? Yes No If you have other accreditation, please specify Requesting Recognition of Prior Institutional Accreditation Yes No Institutional accreditation can be waived where it has already been granted by another recognised quality assurance agency. In this case, the following special procedures apply. Has your institution been in operation for at least three years and graduated at least one cohort of students in any one of your programmes? Yes No This criterion is in place to ensure the stability of new institutions before entering the accreditation process and to generate evidence of the required standards over time. If you are a newly founded institution, contact office@ecte.eu for further guidance. At what level(s) does the institution operate? * EQF 5-Partial (Short Cycle-Partial) EQF 5 (Short Cycle) EQF 6 (First Cycle) EQF 7-Partial (Second Cycle-Partial) EQF 7 (Second Cycle) Third Cycle At what level(s) will you seek ECTE accreditation? * EQF 5-Partial (Short Cycle-Partial) EQF 5 (Short Cycle) EQF 6 (First Cycle) EQF 7-Partial (Second Cycle-Partial) EQF 7 (Second Cycle) A separate application will need to be made for each programme once you have obtained institutional accreditation. The ECTE Qualification Framework can be found in Appendix A of the 'Standards and Guidelines' for ECTE accreditation. Indicate the delivery modes in use in your institution Residential education Distance education Online education Hybrid delivery Other Please indicate more than one if applicable. Briefly describe your delivery modes More information can be found in 'Guidelines for Distance and Online Education' (https://ecte.eu/qa/guidelines/). Motivation for seeking ECTE accreditation Timeline Following the approval of your institutional accreditation application, you will need to 1) produce an Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (I-SER) and 2) receive a site visit before 3) final accreditation approval. Please indicate approximate dates for each of these events (these are not final and will entail negotiation with the ECTE). Once you have institutional accreditation, you can initiate the procedures for programme accreditation. See more in 'Criteria and Procedures' for ECTE accreditation (https://ecte.eu/qa/procedures/). Estimated date for submission of I-SER Requested date for Institutional site visit * Preference for site visit We prefer a physical onsite visit if possible We can consider an online visit if necessary Any kind of visit is acceptable for us Target date for final institutional accreditation approval * Target date for Programme Accreditation Application * Preparation Please indicate your level of interaction with the following documents and procedures. Visit https://ecte.eu/qa/ to access these documents. Have you engaged with the 'Standards and Guidelines' for ECTE accreditation? Thoroughly Partially Not yet Have you engaged with the 'Criteria and Procedures' for ECTE accreditation? Thoroughly Partially Not yet Have you engaged with the 'Supplemental Guidelines' series? Thoroughly Partially Not yet 10 Note: For institutions delivering distance or online education, it is compulsory to refer to the additional/revised Guidelines for Distance and Online Education. For institutions delivering programmes leading to micro-credentials, it is compulsory to refer to the additional/revised Guidelines for Micro-credentials. Additional notations Please indicate the years for which you have regularly paid ECTE fees * 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 OtherOther Upload a copy of your latest ECTE fee receipt * Drop a file here or click to upload Choose File Maximum upload size: 268.44MB Signature Name (and role) * Current date Signature Clear Name of person overseeing the accreditation process Email You will receive a copy of your form at this email. Please check your spam folder. If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit Δ Share this:TwitterFacebookWhatsAppPrint
