Monitoring and evaluation

The quality of the activities is monitored through annual quality reports and internal performance discussions with academies and units. The management team monitors the progress of the activities as well as the implementation of the UAS' development measures, on a biannual basis.

The Board of of the university regularly monitors the development of activities in line with the Arcada's strategy and the adaptation of activities to changes in the operational environment.

The quality assessment examines the purposefulness of procedures, processes and systems in relation to objectives or aims.

Audit

Audits of quality assurance systems concern the verification of a systematic nature of quality management, and that the whole organisation acts in accordance with the chosen procedures. The quality assurance system covers all activities. The audit model followed by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) is based on the European principles (ENQA) and recommendations for quality assurance in Higher Education.

Quality assurance at Arcada UAS is based on these guidelines and recommendations and includes regular reviews of both degree and non-degree programmes using a methodology based on self-evaluation and external assessment by a group of experts including students, experts and international assessors.

The latest quality audit of Arcada was conducted by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC) in cooperation with a Nordic auditing team in 2023. The key strengths highlighted were the student contact, curriculum reform and learning environments. Read the audit report here (full version only in Swedish).