{"id":135630,"date":"2022-02-04T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=135630"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:06","slug":"13-excellent-masters-programmes-listed-in-guide-one-taught-at-eur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/02\/04\/13-excellent-masters-programmes-listed-in-guide-one-taught-at-eur\/","title":{"rendered":"13 \u2018excellent\u2019 Master\u2019s programmes listed in guide \u2013 one taught at EUR"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year\u2019s edition of the Keuzegids<\/em> (Choosing Your Master\u2019s Degree Guide) reports that thirteen Master\u2019s programmes taught by Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences have been found to be \u2018excellent\u2019 by students taking said degree programmes. However, the editors who compiled the Guide stated that they were unsure that the student satisfaction rates sufficed to give a proper impression of the quality of the degree programmes.<\/p>\n

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The thirteen \u2018excellent\u2019 degree programmes listed in the Guide (which features 1,200 Master\u2019s degree programmes) were given the highest possible scores for all aspects assessed: course subject matter, lecturers, assessments, atmosphere and preparation for a future career. The list features three Master\u2019s degrees taught by Amsterdam VU University, as well as three taught by the Utrecht-Tilburg business school TIAS, as opposed to one taught by EUR.<\/p>\n

Ever since 2020, the Keuzegids Masters<\/a>\u00a0has been based solely on student satisfaction rates as gathered through the National Student Survey (NSS). No figures are available regarding the graduation and time-to-degree rates for Master\u2019s degree programmes<\/p>\n

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\u201cStudents\u2019 opinions are very valuable,\u201d stated the editors<\/a>, \u201cbut they do not suffice to issue a verdict on the quality of a degree programme.\u201d Therefore, this edition of the Keuzegids does not contain any university rankings, nor overall scores given to degree programmes.<\/p>\n

Until 2020<\/a>, the Keuzegids did present rankings. At the time, the editors were able to include the verdicts issued on degree programmes by experts, copied from the accreditation reports issued by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). These days, degree programmes are no longer given labels such as \u2018Good\u2019 and \u2018Excellent\u2019; all they get is a \u2018Pass\u2019 or \u2018Fail\u2019.<\/p>\n

According to the editors, the newly published ratings cannot even be properly compared with the scores given in previous years, since the NSS questionnaire has been revised. That questionnaire is not drawn up by the editors of the Keuzegids, but rather by the Studiekeuze123 foundation, which manages the survey at the Ministry of Education\u2019s request. Universities, universities of applied sciences and students provide input on the questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n\t

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