AQUIB is the evaluating entity carrying out accreditation renewal processes of official study programs of the higher education system of the Balearic Islands. Degrees consisting of 240 ECTS, in addition to Master's degrees and PhDs, must renew its accreditation before six years. Study programs consisting of 300 to 360 ECTS must renew its accreditation before eight years.
The accreditation renewal process is focused on a compliance verification of the commitments made in the verification report. In addition, it pursues to evaluate the results of the study program, ensuring its quality. In that sense, the accreditation renewal process will advise on the continuation of the study program. These results are based, among other aspects, on the verification of the acquisition of competencies by students and academic staff, the material resources and services that support the development of the program, and the analysis of the evolution of its results.
Self-assessment | The university describes and self-evaluates the study program in line with the criteria established in the Agency's guidelines. Outcome: Self-Assessment Report (IA) | |
External visit | Panel members, appointed by AQUIB, conduct a thorough analysis of the SAR and arrange an on-site visit to compare the collected information. Its primary objective is to produce a report that assesses the study program's adherence to the Agency's standards and criteria. Outcome: Evidence of site visit (EV). | |
CET Evaluation | AQUIB's accreditation commissions assess the IA, the EV and other available information. Following their analysis, commission members compose a comprehensive report proposal, which is subsequently forwarded to the university for review. The university is granted a 20-day period to raise objections to the report. Once this deadline expires, the Commission issues the Final Accreditation Report (IFA), which includes the accreditation decision. This is then distributed to the university, the Council of Universities (CU), the Ministry of Education, and the relevant Autonomous Community/es. Outcome: Final Accreditation Report (IFA). | |
Resolution | After receiving the IFA, the CU makes a resolution within six months from the university's request. Within three business days of the approving resolution, the CU informs the university and shares it with the Ministry of Universities, the relevant Autonomous Community/ies, and AQUIB. Outcome: Resolution. |
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Note that part of the documentation is available in Spanish only.
General documentation
Self-assessment
External evaluation
The Commission of Study Programmes Evaluation (CET) oversees the processes related to the follow-up and ex post accreditation for official university study programmes. It operates based on the criteria established in the Agency's external evaluation guidelines. The composition and functions of the CET are defined by the Internal Operating Rules of the CET and Panels of AQUIB. According to its regulations, this commission is divided into two subcommissions:
President | Trinidad Barrera López, Emeritus Professor of the Spanish Literature, University of Sevilla (Arts and Humanities). | |
Academic Vocals (Arts and Humanities) | Olga Fernández Soriano, professor of Spanish (Autonomous University of Madrid) and Tomás Antonio Mantecón Movellán, professor of Modern History (University of Cantabria). | |
Academic Vocals (Social and Juridical Sciences) | Fuensanta Hernández Pina, Honorary Emeritus Professor of Research and diagnosis Methods in Education (University of Murcia); Amalia Morales Villena, full professor of Social Work (University of Granada); Andreu Olesti Rayo, professor of International Public Law (University of Barcelona); and Jordi Suriñach Caralt, professor of Applied Economics (University of Barcelona). | |
Student Vocal | Celia Martínez González, PhD student, University of Oviedo. | |
Quality Vocal | Amparo Chirivella Ramón, QA responsible in University of Valencia. | |
Professional Vocal | Miguel Albertí Amengual, Balearic Islands Bar Association. | |
Secretariat | Lara García Gimeno, Balearic Agency of Quality Assurance in Higher Education. |
President | Carmen Fenoll Comes, professor of plant physiology, University of Castilla la Mancha (Sciences). | |
Academic Vocal (Sciences) | Francesc Marqués Truyol, professor of Applied Physics (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) y Olga Busto Busto, full professor of Analytic Chemistry (University Rovira i Virgili). | |
Academic Vocals (Health Sciences) | María del Carmen Carda Batalla, professor of histology (University of Valencia) y José Miguel Fernández Dols, professor of social psychology (technical university of Madrid). | |
Academic Vocals (Engineering and Architecture) | María José Escalona Cuaresma, professor of computing engineering (University of Sevilla) y Dolores C. Pérez Marín, professor of agricultural engineering (University of Córdoba) | |
Student Vocal | Clara Isabel Urbán Martín, student of bachelor of sociology (UNED) and bachelor of primary school education (UCJC). | |
Quality Vocal | Sandra Marcos Ortega, QA responsible in Universidad Pontifica de Salamanca. | |
Professional Vocal | Agustí Vergés Aguiló, Balearic Islands College of Chemists | |
Secretariat | Lara García Gimeno, Agència de Qualitat Universitària de les Illes Balears. |
A Panel of experts, as part of the accreditation renewal process for a study program, is responsible for conducting the university visit. The selection of the panel members is done following specific technical criteria detailed in the Internal Operating Rules of the CET and Panels of AQUIB. Below are the Panels designated for this task, organized by the year of the visit:
