The report is based on self-studies of the different programmes and a two-day inspection of the committee to each university during the past year. Almost all aspects of each programme have been investigated, using a checklist of as much as 97 points. Categories looked at included: renewal of programme; educational organisation; backgrounds of students; internal quality care, aims and scope of programme; registration and graduation; organisation and staff; and internationalisation.
The committee found all programmes to be of sufficient quality. The UT's Chemical Technology faculty were pleased to receive acclaim in a number of cases. The 'propedeuse' (first year) was singled out for praise; especially the thematic organisation of the trimesters appealed to the committee. The use of ICT in education was commended as well as the attention paid to academic and professional skills within the curriculum. A few minuses were also mentioned. There are not enough women on the staff. The subject biotechnology has to be introduced into the programme. And although design is prominent in the TWAIO programme Process Technology, the committee found this aspect to be underdeveloped in the doctoral phase. The committee was content with the TWAIO programme itself; a good start had been made with the internationalisation of the programme.
All in all a gratifying result for the CT-faculty, one they celebrated with a 'coffee+' on Friday 22 September, to thank everybody%s efforts in making the reprogramming of the CT-curriculum since 1995 work. They will use the results of the inspection in the promotion of the UT's CT-programme, to attract more students to the University of Twente.
