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    The systematic pursuit of quality education

    Each programme meets the quality criteria set by the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) and in particular the Flemish Qualifications Framework (VKS).  
    The Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp has developed an internal quality assurance system based on the quality policy of AP University College. With a range of instruments tailored to art education, the quality of each programme is supported, monitored and evaluated. By means of data analysis and benchmarking, through questionnaires and focus groups with students, teachers, alumni and staff, programmes can evaluate, optimise and guarantee their activities. 

    Additionally, the Conservatoire and its programmes stay tuned in by systematically involving an external view. Input in artistic councils and artistic boards leads to the cultivation of new insights which contribute to an improvement in the quality of strategy, structure, content and learning environment of each programme and of the Conservatoire as School of Arts. 

    The validated quality of each programme

    In consultation with AP University College, the Schools of Arts opted for an assessment of the - often multilingual - artistic programmes by external reviewers with international experience at the intersection of higher arts education and educational quality. The choice for a Visiting and Assessing Authority (VBI) offers the added value of international benchmarking and international recognition through the VBI quality mark. 
     

    Every six years our programmes are reviewed by an international panel through a VBI based on the European Standards & Guidelines (ESG). MusiQuE coordinated the programme reviews for the Music/Music (2025) and Dance (2021) programmes. The system used focuses on the continuous quality development of the programmes. Acquiring insight, implementing improvement actions and securing quality are critical success factors.
     

    New programmes are first subjected to an Assessment New Programme, i.e. an assessment of its potential quality. Three years later, an assessment for accreditation follows, which is the quality mark indicating this programme meets the expected quality standards. The NVAO is in charge of both quality assessments.

    Read the latest reports on the quality of our programmes:


    The validated quality of the University College

    During the Institutional Review of AP University College (2025), an international commission assessed the quality of educational policy at the university college level and examined whether the institution was capable of ensuring the quality of its programmes ‘under its own management’.

    The committee praises our strong educational vision and the way in which AP fulfils its social role. The wide range of support services for students is explicitly recognised as a strength, as is the innovative capacity of the university college.

    The decision is therefore positive, but there are two conditions relating to the methodology we use to monitor and evaluate the quality of our programmes. 
    Read the evaluation decision (in Dutch) for AP University College here.

    In the spring of 2027, AP will undergo a limited institutional review bis.
     

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