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General Recommendation for the Award of Credit
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Advice for Providers of Advanced Training
Programmes and Graduates
The Kompetenzbereich Anrechnung pre-
pares recommendations for the award
of credit of non-university training pro-
grammes. However, it has no influence
on the implementation of its recom-
mendations by tertiary education ins-
titutions. The decision about granting
an award of credit of advanced training
programmes lies generally with the per-
son in charge of a degree programme at
the respective institution. Degree pro-
grammes can reject the award of credit
of non-university education or also grant
an award of credit that deviates from this
recommendation.
The number of credit points that can be
awarded and that are presented in this
recommendation is a maximum value
which normally can only be granted in ca-
ses of extensive overlap between the lear-
ning outcomes of the advanced training
programme and the degree programme.
A lower degree of overlap of content can
lead to a reduced award of credit.
Even institutions of higher education
willing to grant an award of credit based
on this recommendation might be liable
to restrictions for the establishment of
possibilities for an award of credit that
result from legal or other guidelines. For
the implementation of award of credit
in accordance with the present recom-
mendation, it is normally necessary to
adjust the university and college act (of
the federal state) as well as the respec-
tive programme’s examination regulati-
ons.
This recommendation for the award of
credit is to serve as a reliable and qua-
lity-assured basis for the implementa-
tion of possibilities for awarding credit.
The implementation of this recommen-
dation should also be carried out in a
quality-assuring manner. A comprehen-
sive overview of advice is offered by,
for example, the „ Leitlinie für die Qualitäts-
sicherung und Verfahren zur Anrechnung be-
ruflicher und außerhochschulisch erworbener
Kompetenzen auf Hochschulstudiengänge ”1
(ANKOM, 2008).
1 Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Methods for the Accreditation of Prior
Learning Aquired through Vocational and Non-university Education for De-
gree Programmes