Education

Accreditation Pre-Check Agent

The formal error has been in the module handbook since the first draft. It will come to light during the procedure.

Checks degree programme concepts against the formal criteria ahead of the self-evaluation report.

Open agent
Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

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The formal criteria sit in four sets of rules; the concept sits in one document.

The Interstate Study Accreditation Treaty, the model legal ordinance, the university's own framework regulations and the agency's requirements each say something about scope, module size, examination density and learning outcomes. Whoever writes the self-evaluation report has to check the concept against four sources at once, in their head. Whatever slips through comes back months later as a condition, and then the module description and the regulations both have to be changed.

1conceptA new master's programme goes into the pre-check.
4sets of rulesInterstate treaty, model legal ordinance, the university's own framework regulations and the agency's requirements apply side by side.
38module descriptionsEach states scope, learning outcomes, examination format and workload.
2conditionsWhatever slips through the pre-check comes back as a condition with its own deadline.

Before the self-evaluation report, the concept takes 152 checks; after the procedure, each of two conditions costs an amendment to the regulations and a committee resolution. That is why checking early saves 50% of the rework.

The 50% reduction in rework is this agent's headline figure. Whether a procedure ends with two conditions is for the agency to decide case by case, and the 38 module descriptions are an assumed size for a mid-sized master's concept.

Three steps through the process.

The agent measures the concept against the formal criteria; it does not judge the academic quality of the programme.

Collect the criteria from the sets of rules

The agent compiles the formal requirements from the interstate treaty, the model legal ordinance, the framework regulations and the agency's requirements. It lists identical requirements only once, with all their source references.

Criteria list for procedure QM-2026/17, 34 requirements from 4 sources

Check module descriptions against the criteria

The agent checks every description for scope, examination format, learning outcomes and workload. It names every deviation with the module number and the source reference in the rules.

152 checks, 7 deviations, 3 of them concerning module size in the 2nd semester

Record the state of evidence per criterion

The agent assigns the existing evidence to the criteria and names every criterion that still lacks evidence. Quality management writes the self-evaluation report on this basis.

nachweismappe_QM-2026-17.pdf, 34 criteria, 29 evidenced, 5 open

What the agent does not do.

It does not clear the programme for the procedure.

It submits the list of deviations and the evidence folder. The dean of studies office and the senate decide whether the concept is submitted.

It does not assess whether a curriculum is academically sound.

It measures scope, module size, examination density and learning outcomes against the formal requirements. The academic coherence of the programme is for the reviewers to judge in the procedure.

It does not check work in progress in the committee management system.

If an amended module description is still pending there as a draft resolution, it continues to measure the module against the wording in document management. Once the faculty council adopts the change, quality management files it and the check for QM-2026/17 runs again.

Connected systems

  • Campus management system
  • quality management document system
  • committee management system

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud or private cloud
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsQuality management, dean of studies office

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the Accreditation Pre-Check Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud or private cloud. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “50% fewer rework requirements” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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