The final report is now available on DEQAR, the database of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education, and confirms that the alliance is moving towards the fully integrated European university its founding partners envisaged.

The evaluation also grants INGENIUM the right to display the Evaluated by EUA-IEP seal on its communication materials, a mark that certifies the alliance has undergone this independent review

How was this evaluation carried out?

The Institutional Evaluation Programme is a peer-review process run by the European University Association to help member universities review how they operate. For thirty years, it has evaluated over 460 universities in more than 50 countries. Each institution writes a self-assessment, then a team of university leaders from outside spends a week comparing that account with what they learn from staff, students, and leaders.

INGENIUM is the first alliance to be evaluated under this programme. Universities and alliances take part to gain an outside perspective, to see what may have gone unnoticed from inside and where there is room to improve.

The evaluation began with a remote session in February to help evaluators understand INGENIUM’s goals and decide where to focus during their visit. The main phase ran from 6 to 10 April at the University of Oviedo, the alliance’s coordinating institution. During that week, evaluators spoke with about sixty people, including rectors, coordinators, staff, students, and associate partners.

Read more in the official INGENIUM website