Ex-ante accreditation is the first step in the quality assurance process for official university programmes. This evaluation is carried out prior to the implementation of a new programme and assesses its design, including learning outcomes and competences, the curriculum, academic staff, available resources, and the Internal Quality Assurance System. In this way, it ensures that the programme is properly planned and has the necessary means to deliver high-quality education from the outset.
This process marks the beginning of a continuous improvement cycle, followed by monitoring and culminating in accreditation renewal, thus ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of programmes throughout their entire academic lifecycle.
Evaluation of the application | The university submits the official study programme proposal for the ex-ante accreditation, in accordance with the current regulations and the AQUIB evaluation guide. | |
Panel review | A panel of experts appointed by AQUIB analyses the submitted documentation in line with the established criteria and guidelines and issues a reasoned technical assessment. | |
CET evaluation | The correspondent subcommittee of the Commission for the Evaluation of Programmes (CET) reviews the proposal, the panel’s report and all other available information. Based on this analysis, it issues a Provisional Verification Report, which may be favourable, favourable with conditions, or unfavourable. This report is sent to the university, which has 15 days to submit allegations. After considering them, the CET issues the Final Verification Report, either favourable or unfavourable. | |
Resolution | AQUIB forwards the Final Verification Report to the applicant university, the competent Autonomous Community, the Ministry of Universities and the Council of Universities, which issues the final resolution of the process |
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Note that part of the documentation is available in Spanish only.
General documentation
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 (Universidad de Sevilla). | |
Academic representative (Arts and Humanities) | Javier Pérez Guerra, professor of English Philology (Universidade de Vigo) and Tomás Antonio Mantecón Movellán, professor of Modern History (Universidad de Cantabria). | |
Academic representative (Social and Juridical Sciences) | Fuensanta Hernández Pina, honorary emeritus Professor of Research and diagnosis Methods in Education (Universidad de Murcia); Marisa Revilla Blanco, associate professor-tenured of Political Sciences and Sociology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Andreu Olesti Rayo, professor of International Public Law (Universitat de Barcelona); and Jordi Suriñach Caralt, professor of Applied Economics (Universitat de Barcelona). | |
Student representative | Guillermo Jáñez Cuervo, Master's student in Cybersecurity Law and Digital Environment (Universidad de León) and Master's in Human Resources Management and Leadership (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). | |
Quality representative | Amparo Chirivella Ramón, QA responsible (Universitat de València). | |
Professional representative | Miguel Albertí Amengual, Balearic Islands Bar Association. | |
Secretariat | Lara García Gimeno, AQUIB. |
President | Carmen Fenoll Comes, professor of plant physiology (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha). | |
Academic representatives (Sciences) | María Dolores Rodríguez Frías, professor of Atomic, Molecular y Nuclear Physics (Universidad de Alcalá) y Olga Busto Busto, full professor of Analytic Chemistry (Universitat Rovira i Virgili). | |
Academic representatives (Health Sciences) | Inés Aguinaga Ontoso, associate professor-tenured de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública (Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa) y José Miguel Fernández Dols, professor of social psychology (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). | |
Academic representatives (Engineering and Architecture) | María José Escalona Cuaresma, professor of computing engineering (Universidad de Sevilla) y Dolores C. Pérez Marín, professor of agricultural engineering (Universidad de Córdoba). | |
Student representative | Clara Isabel Urbán Martín, Bachelor's degree student in Psychology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) | |
Quality representative | Sandra Marcos Ortega, QA responsible (Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca). | |
Professional representative | Agustí Vergés Aguiló, Balearic Islands College of Chemists. | |
Secretariat | Lara García Gimeno, AQUIB. |
Agreements of the CET
