15-04-2011: Aanvragen Call for proposals 2011 - EACEA 41/10

19 apr 2011

  • Als u een aanvraag voor Actie 1 indient moet u, onder andere, het volgende meeleveren:
  • 'Proof of recognition' van de te verlenen graden;
  • Toelichting op de erkenning van de te verlenen graad;

Proof of recognition

Hieronder staat een korte toelichting van wat onder 'Proof of recognition' van een master- en doctoraatsprogramma wordt verstaan in de Nederlandse context. De 'Proof of recognition' wordt door de Erasmus Mundus National Structures gecontroleerd tijdens de selectieprocedure. Meer informatie hierover vindt u op pagina 24 en 25 van de instructies.

Download de 'Instructions for completing the 2011 Erasmus Mundus Action 1 application form' (889 kB)

Proof of recognition Erasmus Mundus master's degree programmes

Dutch Higher Education Institutions participating in an EM master's degree programme are required to include in their application a copy of the CROHO register as 'proof of recognition' of the degree (as stated on page 24 and 25 of the 'Instructions for completing the 2011 Erasmus Mundus action 1 application form'). In case the accreditation of the degree has not been completed, a copy of the accreditation request should be included.
 

Proof of recognition Erasmus Mundus doctoral degree programmes

In the Netherlands, only universities as mentioned in the addendum to the Higher Education Act in a, b and h, are entitled to award doctoral degrees.

Dutch universities participating in an EM doctoral programme are not requested to include any specific document (besides the obligatory Letter of Intent) as 'proof of recognition' of the doctoral degree. The Letter of Intent should:

  • be specific for the proposed Erasmus Mundus doctoral programme.
  • clearly state the commitment of the Dutch university to award the (joint) doctoral degree.
  • bear the signature of the legal representative of the institution.

Toelichting erkenning Nederlandse context

U dient de aanvraag via een elektronisch formulier in. Daarbij dient u nog een apart formulier te voegen met de titel 'Consortium responses on award criteria'. Daarin geeft u een toelichting op het voorgestelde master- of doctoraatsprogramma. Het gaat daarbij onder andere om de erkenning van de verleende graden in de (Europese) partnerlanden die betrokken zijn bij uw programma.

In het formulier voor de masterprogramma's gaat het om vraag A 2.2.

In het formulier voor de doctoraatsprogramma’s om vraag B 3.6 (zie stap 3 van de aanvraagprocedure).

Hieronder staat een Engelstalige toelichting geformuleerd voor de Nederlandse situatie. Deze informatie kunt u gebruiken bij het invullen van het formulier en om uw partners te informeren over erkenning van programma's in de Nederlandse context.

Higher education degrees in the Netherlands: masters degree

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 academically oriented higher education programmes (wo) and higher professionally oriented education study programmes (hbo). The organisation'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
Legislation adopted in Parliament made joint degrees legally possible from July 2010 onward through Act WHW new article 7.3 for bachelor and master's degree programmes. However, formal implementation needs accreditation and registration and takes time. No accreditation/registration of formal international joint programme has taken place yet. 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 duration and credits
Master's degree programmes are mostly 60 or 120 ECTS-credits. International master's degree programmes of 90 credits are also possible as well as a few exceptions.
 

Higher education degrees in the Netherlands: doctoral degree

Legislation adopted in Parliament made joint degrees legally possible from July 2010 onward through Act WHW article 7.18 for doctoral degrees.

Doctoral degrees have a duration which is, in theory, four years (in practice, the average is nearly five years). Dutch universities that want to award a (joint) doctorate are bound by the applicable regulations which are drawn up by the Doctorate Board of the relevant Dutch university. The Netherlands does not have a more or less fixed programme that qualifies for awarding the doctoral degree. The training mostly implies independent investigations at the frontiers of knowledge. The Doctorate Board of a university has the power to confer doctorates.

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