New Year's reception with seal of approval

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During the New Year's reception in the office of the President, Elmar Lampson, the certificate of successful system accreditation was presented on January 30. The HfMT's quality management system for teaching and studies thus received the official seal of approval from the German Accreditation Council. The HfMT is the first arts university in Germany to receive this award.

Caption (from left to right): Vice President Prof. Dr. Michael von Troschke, Head of Quality Management Nieves Kolbe and HfMT President Prof. Elmar Lampson (Photo: HfMT)

Background information:
In June 2015, the HfMT and its quality management system applied to the accreditation agency ZEvA for a system accreditation procedure. For a good two years, the HfMT has been working on further developing its quality management system as a basis for the continuous improvement of quality in studies and teaching, thereby improving its competitiveness. As a result, it meets the requirements set out in Section 57 (8) of the Hamburg Higher Education Act (HmbHG) as well as the requirements of the Bologna reform for quality assurance of its degree programs.
On November 7, 2017, the Permanent Accreditation Commission of ZEvA made a positive decision. All degree programs that have undergone the university's internal accreditation procedure are considered accredited - and that is now half of all degree programs. For the future, this means that the university can set up and accredit its degree programs independently without having to have the usual program accreditations of individual degree programs carried out by external agencies beforehand.