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Institute for Community-oriented Further Education - Institution - EQAR staging

Institute for Community-oriented Further Education

Institut für gemeindeorientierte Weiterbildung

Basic information

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Programme accreditation
    voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
  • Institutional accreditation
    Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

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Provider level

Decision: positive
Institutional and programme accreditation
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103641
  • Agency
    Unknown ID 70 (ECTE)
  • Type
    • Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    14/05/2024
  • Valid until
    13/11/2028
  • Summary
  • Notes
    The Institut für Gemeindeorientierte Weiterbildung (IGW) in Zurich, Switzerland, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The review concerns the provider and three programmes delivered by distance and online education, comparable to an EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (of 180 ECTS credits), an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 84 ECTS credits) and an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 60 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant ​frameworks of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​ The First Cycle programme is also offered in Germany under the nomenclature Studium Praktische Theologie in respect of German regulations.
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103641/
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential

Learning opportunity/credential level

Decision: positive
Bachelor of Arts in Praktischer Theologe (CH) / Studium Praktische Theologie (DE) (first cycle other provision, 180 ECTS)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    180
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103641
  • Agency
    Unknown ID 70 (ECTE)
  • Type
    • Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    14/05/2024
  • Valid until
    13/11/2028
  • Summary
  • Notes
    The Institut für Gemeindeorientierte Weiterbildung (IGW) in Zurich, Switzerland, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The review concerns the provider and three programmes delivered by distance and online education, comparable to an EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (of 180 ECTS credits), an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 84 ECTS credits) and an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 60 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant ​frameworks of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​ The First Cycle programme is also offered in Germany under the nomenclature Studium Praktische Theologie in respect of German regulations.
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103641/
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential
Decision: positive
Master of Advanced Studies in Missionalem Gemeindebau (second cycle other provision, 84 ECTS)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    84
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103641
  • Agency
    Unknown ID 70 (ECTE)
  • Type
    • Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    14/05/2024
  • Valid until
    13/11/2028
  • Summary
  • Notes
    The Institut für Gemeindeorientierte Weiterbildung (IGW) in Zurich, Switzerland, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The review concerns the provider and three programmes delivered by distance and online education, comparable to an EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (of 180 ECTS credits), an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 84 ECTS credits) and an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 60 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant ​frameworks of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​ The First Cycle programme is also offered in Germany under the nomenclature Studium Praktische Theologie in respect of German regulations.
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103641/
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential
Decision: positive
Master of Advanced Studies in Theologie (second cycle other provision, 60 ECTS)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Other provision
  • Workload (in ECTS credits)
    60
  • Assessment and certification
    Assessment based certificate
  • Learning outcomes
    (information not provided)
  • Field of study
    religion and theology
  • DEQAR Report ID
    103641
  • Agency
    Unknown ID 70 (ECTE)
  • Type
    • Institutional and programme accreditation
  • Status
    voluntary
  • Formal decision
    positive
  • Date
    14/05/2024
  • Valid until
    13/11/2028
  • Summary
  • Notes
    The Institut für Gemeindeorientierte Weiterbildung (IGW) in Zurich, Switzerland, is an Alternative/Other Provider of higher theological education. The review concerns the provider and three programmes delivered by distance and online education, comparable to an EQF level 6 (First Cycle) programme (of 180 ECTS credits), an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 84 ECTS credits) and an EQF level 7 (Second Cycle) programme (of 60 ECTS credits). The programmes are in line with the relevant ​frameworks of higher education: the EQF (European Qualifications Framework) and QF-EHEA ​(Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area).​​ The First Cycle programme is also offered in Germany under the nomenclature Studium Praktische Theologie in respect of German regulations.
  • Report and decision
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/report/103641/
  • External link
    View record on agency’s website
  • Verifiable Credential

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