Accreditations in the Cross-Disciplinary Stage

According to national regulations, all doctoral programmes must undergo accreditation within six years of their initial verification (or last accreditation).

The objective of accreditation is to assure all users that the training programmes offered by university institutions meet not only formal or administrative requirements but that the level of training attained by successful graduates corresponds to the academic certification awarded by the institution.

One of the elements that contribute to guaranteeing the validity, reliability and usefulness of the external evaluation is the involvement of experts (peer review). The evaluations conducted by teams of external experts have a dual focus: a general scientific and technical perspective based on the disciplinary expertise of the evaluators, and direct observation of the implementation of the programme, which provides the necessary detail and context to analyse the information that is gathered.

The AQU website publishes the Agency's guide for compiling the accreditation report for doctoral programmes.