The aim and purpose of the quality management system for teaching and education is to ensure that degree programs can realistically meet the requirements of students, staff, and the discipline itself, monitoring the quality of degree programs and implementing improvements where necessary.

Based on a common understanding of good teaching throughout the university, specific criteria (including subject-related topicality, practical relevance, and academic success) form the parameters for the quality assurance system for degree programs. You can find a complete summary of our central quality criteria (German) here. Central and decentralized quality assurance instruments are regularly used to monitor the quality criteria used to assess degree programs. The instrument criteria matrix (German) shows which quality criteria are monitored and with which quality assurance measures.

In accordance with the principle of decentralization, Freie Universität Berlin’s quality management relies on the high degree of autonomy of the departments and central institutes in implementing the outcomes of QA processes. Binding procedures support the decentralized units in fulfilling their responsibilities.