Since April 13th, 2011 the German accreditation agency ASIIN is authorized to award the Euro-Inf Quality Label to degree programmes at Bachelor’s and Master’s level on behalf of the European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education, EQANIE. German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are now invited to request the Euro-Inf Quality Label on top of their

As first Higher Education Institutions in Europe, RWTH Aachen and the University of Bonn were awarded the Euro-Inf Quality Label for their jointly offered Master’s degree programmes “Media Informatics” and “Life Science Informatics”. Also the Master’s degree programme “Software Systems Engineering”, which is offered exclusively by RWTH Aachen University received the label. The Euro-Inf Label

In order to promote the European dimension of Informatics higher education, EQANIE offers a reduction of 600, – EUR on all accreditation contracts signed in 2011 with those higher education institutions that are full or associate member institutions of Informatics Europe. This means the basic fee charged will be 5900, – EUR instead of 6500,

“Learning Outcomes must be lived” The first day of the conference was dedicated to learning outcomes and their benefits for quality enhancement in informatics higher education. In his welcome address, the Vice-Rector of the University of Vienna, Prof Arthur Mettinger,  and Professor Wolfgang Klas, Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, underlined provided some insights

On October 11th 2010, participants from 12 European countries gathered for the EQANIE Workshop on Quality Assurance accross Europe. In his introduction to EQANIE the President of the European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education (EQANIE), Prof. Hans-Ulrich Heiss, highlighted the need for a system of generating mutual trust leading to enhanced mobility in the

EQANIE invites to a Conference on “Learning Outcomes and Quality Management in Informatics Education – Training and Exchange of Good Practice” on February 17th and 18th, 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The event addresses teachers and students in higher education interested in improving the quality of education and in sharing good practices of internal quality management

The German Association of Faculties of Informatics at Universities (Fakultätentag Informatik, FTI) has joined EQANIE as new member in August 2010. FTI  represents the common interests of its members with a view to promoting cooperation in all scientific matters and coordination of higher education in Informatics. FTI’s members are faculties or departments of universities and

EQANIE invites to the Workshop “Quality Assurance for Study Programmes in Informatics – Perspectives and Opportunities”, taking place on October 11th, 2010 13:00 h – 17:00 h at Hotel Diplomat, Prague, Czech Republic. Deadline for early-bird registration: July 31st, 2010. As one of its pre-summit workshops, the EQANIE-event is co-located with the European Computer Science Summit 2010,

On May 19, 2010 the constituent session of the EQANIE – Accreditation Committee took place. Prof. Dr. Roland Ibbett has been elected as Chair for the coming three years.  Prof. Dr. R. Ibbett Roland Ibbett is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and a former Vice-Principal of the University of Edinburgh. He has been involved

EQANIE has joined the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies, INQAAHE. Along with joining the network, EQANIE was presented at the Members’ Forum held on May 5th/6th, 2010 in Windhoek, Namibia. The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) is a world-wide association of some 200 organisations active in the theory and