Quality of the bachelor Applied Computer Science

Reporting on programme quality

  • Every 5 years, each programme undergoes a programme review.
  • A panel of independent experts (external and internal) checks the quality of your programme against the education quality code.
  • The panel provides meaningful feedback, which the programme uses to safeguard and improve quality.

Strengths

  • The team is dynamic, motivated, collegial, supportive, and approachable for students.
  • Students acquire a broad and thorough foundation of knowledge.
  • The programme enhances its teaching through numerous real-life case studies and projects.
  • Lecturers place a strong emphasis on giving feedback.
  • The programme maintains regular contact with the professional field through a company networking evening, conference days, integration projects, and the programme advisory board.

Recommendations

  • Evaluate which learning content should be covered and to what extent.
  • Explicitly develop students’ independent learning skills.
  • Strengthen feedback on the learning process.

Urgent working points

  • The programme will work on aligning the curriculum with the intended learning outcomes in accordance with the Flemish Qualifications Framework.
  • For the English-taught variant (Applied Computer Science), additional emphasis will be placed on organisation and communication.

Institutional review

KdG: a University of Applied Sciences with an excellent quality report

  • All universities of applied sciences and universities in Flanders are assessed every 6 years through an institutional review.
  • In 2022–2023, KdG underwent its second institutional review.
  • This again led to a positive decision, based on a particularly positive final report from the assessment committee.

Read more about the institutional review

KdG pursues an effective education policy, evaluates and improves it, including through its own governance structure that safeguards the quality of its programmes.
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Safeguarding the quality of your education 

KdG uses a fixed system of 3 processes to continuously monitor and improve the quality of every programme.

1. Annual evaluation of learning and assessment materials

  • Each year, the programme evaluates the learning and assessment materials of a number of courses.
  • This is done together with lecturers, students, and representatives from the professional field.
  • The findings are immediately incorporated into the programme's multi-year plan.
  • As a student, you can read the results of this process on the programme page in Canvas.

2. Programme review: every 5 years

  • A panel of independent experts (external and internal) examines the entire programme in detail.
  • They assess everything against KdG's education quality code.
  • The panel provides concrete feedback, highlighting strengths, points to focus on, and any mandatory improvement points.
  • The programme uses this feedback to safeguard and improve quality.

3. Safeguarding and communication

  • Following the programme review, a safeguarding dialogue takes place: the programme develops a concrete action plan.
  • The General Director issues an official safeguarding decision; KdG's governing body ratifies this.
  • A public abstract of the programme review is published on this page - ensuring transparency for you as a (prospective) student.
  • Annual follow-up meetings systematically monitor progress.

Read more about safeguarding the quality of your education