1. Utrecht University, quality assurance Marie-Jet Fennema, september 2012

2. Introduction Marie-Jet Fennema
: Age Halma - Teacher professionalisation
: Felipe Salve - Institutional Research
: Leonard Rutgers & Sophie Velthoven - Programme comittee History of art

3. Facts and figures Utrecht University
founded in 1636
ranked (Shanghai): 1st in the Netherlands, shared 53th place in the world
7 faculties: Humanities; Law, Economics and Governance; Geosciences;Social and Behavioural Sciences; Science; University Medical Centre Utrecht; Veterinary Medicine;
45 undergraduate programmes
169 graduate programmes
success rate of 55% among undergraduate (national average 43%)
5,295 staff members (fte, excluding Faculty of Medicine)
approx. 95,000 alumni
budget of 749 million euro

4. The eductional model
Clear distinction between the Bachelor’s and the Master’s degree phase
Flexibility and choice
Personal teaching and activating teaching methods
Teacher professionalisation

5. Internal quality assurance
process
university
faculty
programme

6. Chassis internal quality assurance
Process: Plan-do check-act
Linked to external quality assurance
Evaluation of courses and programme
Students, teachers, alumni and field are involved
Results of evaluation are public
Responsibilities are clear to all

7. Debate topic
How do we proceed from quality control to a culture of quality?