Organizing quality management in educational institutions
The university certificate "Organizing Quality in Educational Institutions" enables you to understand the connections between quality management, pedagogical evaluation and educational controlling and implement them in your professional practice. You will be taught strategies, concepts and procedures for managing the success of educational work and shown how you can implement these in your institution. By studying the university certificate, you will understand the basic process steps of quality assurance and development. In order to be able to prove the effectiveness and efficiency of educational work, you will also deal with the possibilities and limitations of educational controlling.
After successfully completing this module, they will therefore be able to differentiate the concept of quality depending on the domain and name and evaluate quality management systems of educational organizations (including vocational schools). They will also learn to distinguish between different forms of evaluation in educational institutions and will be able to analyze and assess case studies in vocational education against the background of quality processes. They will be able to discuss and assess international approaches to quality management and design an evaluation concept for a vocational training institution in a selected area. The university certificate "Organizing Quality in Educational Institutions" concludes with a case study (term paper) and can be fully credited towards the Master's degree course in Business Education.
The most important facts about your certificate program:
For the university certificate you will receive 5 ECTSwhich can also be credited towards the Master's degree in Business Education*.
- Admission requirements: none
- Duration of study: 6 months + 6 months free extension
- Credit Points: 5 ECTS
- Form of examinationCase study (term paper)
- Start of studies: at any time
- Tuition feesEUR 165 per month, EUR 990 in total
The university certificate is Online and without compulsory attendance completed.
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*Provided you meet the admission requirements for the Master's program.

What are the admission requirements?
There are no special admission requirements for the university certificate.
How is your course structured?
The focus is on the following study contents:
- The concept of quality in educational institutions
- Relevance of quality management processes
- Quality management concepts
- Formative, summative, internal and external evaluation
- Quality processes
- International approaches (NQF and EQF, National and European Qualifications Framework)
- Development of an evaluation concept
If you have completed the examination, you will receive 5 ECTS.
How long will your studies take?
The standard period of study is four months. You can extend the duration of your studies by a further four months free of charge.