The assessment activities will be composed by two steps:

First the setting up of the assessment committee and training on the Institutional Programme methodology. The Quality Units will have to

• present the phases of the assessment
• provide the requiered information for the assessment
• train the selected assessment committee on the Programme for Institutional Assessment

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Second conducting the self-assessment.

Conducting self-assessment of study degree and drafting of improvement plan The activity forms part of a practical exercise in the process of quality assessment. The exercise will at the same time provide the basis for potential improvements and assessment of the acquired know-how. In order to carry out the assessment process the following activities will have to be performed by each of the partner Q-Units:

• formalisation of the institutional commitment by the university Dean
• planning of the assessment timetable and distribution of the tasks
• assessment process: analyse the situation in terms of relative quality of the degrees and study programme based on the information collected from the indicators
• description of the situation utilising the model of Institutional Assessment Programme
• identification of strengths, areas for improvement and improvement plans
• drafting of the assessment report