13-04-2010: Ondersteunende informatie voor actie 1-aanvragen
13 apr 2010
De deadline van actie 1-aanvragen voor Erasmus Mundusprogramma’s is 30 april 2010. De aanvragen dienen via een elektronisch formulier te worden ingediend. In een bijbehorend, apart formulier met de titel ‘Consortium responses on award criteria’ wordt verzocht een toelichting te geven op de master- of doctoraatsprogramma’s. Het gaat daarbij onder andere om de erkenning van diploma’s in de landen die betrokken zijn bij het master- of doctoraatsprogramma. Om u te helpen dit formulier in te vullen, zijn hieronder voor twee specifieke vragen, A 2.2 (formulier voor de masterprogramma’s) en B 3.6 (formulier voor de doctoraatsprogramma’s), Engelstalige antwoorden geformuleerd voor de Nederlandse situatie.
Een beschrijving van de aanvraagprocedure, het elektronische formulier en de benodigde aanvullende documenten is beschikbaar op de Erasmus Mundus-website.
Erasmus Mundus masters-formulier
Het is heel belangrijk dat de correcte naam van het diploma dat is uitgegeven door de Nederlandse instelling wordt vermeld. Het gaat om de naam van het programma zoals die is opgenomen in het CROHO-register, met daarbij de datum van de accreditatie.
Onderstaande Engelstalige informatie kunt u invullen bij het antwoord op vraag A 2.2 van het formulier Consortium responses on award criteria. Dit formulier staat op de Erasmus Mundus Call for proposals-website onder eForm application > Step 3 > Consortium responses on award criteria > Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses.
Accreditation
An institution in the Netherlands can award a degree to anyone who successfully completes an accredited study programme. The Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) is responsible for the accreditation of academic higher education (wo) and higher professional education (hbo) study programmes. The organization’s tasks arise from the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW).
Accreditation takes place at the request of the institutions, based on assessment reports produced by review and assessment boards. Accredited programmes are registered in the Central Register of Higher Education Study Programmes (CROHO), which contains an overview of all accredited study programmes in the Netherlands.
Joint degrees
On 2 February 2010, the Dutch Upper House accepted a major proposal to amend the WHW. The change in legislation is expected to be introduced during the course of 2010, and means that Dutch institutions will be able to offer joint degree programmes at both master’s and doctorate level. Under the new law, it will also be possible to include English names of study programmes in the CROHO.
The programmes for joint master’s degrees are accredited based on the joint study programme; in other words, the part of the programme offered by the foreign partner is also assessed. The Dutch institution is responsible for the accreditation process.
Programme length and credits
The new legislation will also introduce the option of a different programme length. A joint degree programme that is partly spent abroad often takes longer than a standard master’s degree programme in the Netherlands. Moreover, a master’s degree programme abroad often lasts for more than one year.
In the current situation, students can only obtain financial assistance for a 60-credit or 120-credit master's degree programme. Under the new law, they will also be able to access student grants and loans for 90-credit international joint degree programmes (joint programmes with one or more foreign institutions).
Erasmus Mundus master’s programmes
Up until now, it has not been possible to award joint degrees in the Netherlands. A double degree was therefore often awarded within the context of the Erasmus Mundus programme: one degree by the Dutch institution, and one degree by the other institution where the student attended the programme. While this will still be an option, it will also be possible to award joint degrees as of 2010.
The NVAO is working to develop an accreditation protocol that will also apply to existing master’s programmes within Erasmus Mundus. For existing study programmes, it will be examined on a case by case basis to what extent the joint programme has already been assessed during a previous accreditation process. The definitive version of this protocol is expected to be adopted during the course of 2010.
Erasmus Mundus doctorates-formulier
De Nederlandse instelling/onderzoeksinstituut moet bevoegd zijn een promotiegraad af te geven. Het College voor Promoties moet zijn akkoord hebben gegeven voor het Erasmus Mundus doctoraatsprogramma. Dit moet blijken uit een letter of intent of gelijksoortig document ondertekend door het college van bestuur van de Nederlandse instelling.
Onderstaande Engelstalige informatie kunt u invullen bij het antwoord op vraag B 3.6 van het formulier Consortium responses on award criteria. Dit formulier staat op de Erasmus Mundus Call for proposals-website onder eForm application > Step 3 > Consortium responses on award criteria.
Joint degrees
On 2 February 2010, the Dutch Upper House accepted a major proposal to amend the WHW. The change in legislation is expected to be introduced during the course of 2010, and means that Dutch institutions will be able to offer joint degree programmes at both master’s and doctorate level.
Doctorate programmes
Dutch institutions that want to award a joint doctorate degree are bound by the applicable regulations, which are drawn up by the Doctorate Board of the relevant Dutch university. Unlike many English-speaking countries, the Netherlands does not have a more or less fixed doctorate programme that qualifies for accreditation. The Doctorate Board of a university has the power to confer doctorates.