The Department of Digital Systems’ Undergraduate Program of Studies was accredited by the National Authority for Higher Education in 2019. Accreditation is a quality assurance process that is carried out on the basis of specific, predefined, internationally accepted and pre-published quantitative and qualitative criteria and indicators, aligned with the Principles and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015).
The purpose of the accreditation of a curriculum is to ensure the quality of higher education, as well as the efficiency and transparency of the overall operation of Higher Education Institutes.
The conclusions of the committee that conducted the evaluation are particularly positive for the department, praising the painstaking efforts of all its contributors and offering at the same time an incentive to continue its operation at even higher levels of quality and productivity.
An extract of the conclusions contained in the report of the external evaluation and certification committee is provided below:
The Department closely adheres to the institutional principles (set by the University) which govern the collection of data regarding students, teaching staff, course structures, annual monitoring, assessments, progression, and completion rates.
The Department makes good use of the research funding they receive by equipping the labs to a very high standard, despite the obvious space restrictions, which affect virtually all campuses located in the centre of large capital cities.
The undergraduate program has adopted a wide range of modes of delivery (lectures, practicals, labs) and assessment methods (written and oral examinations, intermediate exercises, practical laboratory assessment, coursework). Assessment criteria and methods are communicated at the beginning of each course electronically and during the first lecture.
The research activities of the academic staff is clearly one of the strengths of the department, as evident by the number of publications in high-quality journals and reputable conferences, high number of citations, as well as research income and participation in prestigious European research projects (Horizon 2020).