What are microcredentials?

The UvA is taking part in a two-year, nationwide Microcredentials Pilot. Microcredentials are awarded by research universities and universities of applied sciences for short units of study worth between 3 and 30 credits. They are nationally recognised digital certificates, which you can use to show that you have successfully completed a course or module.

Microcredentials guarantee the quality of the course or module you have completed

The course or module must satisfy a number of quality requirements. The course or module must be designed in such a way that:

• the learning outcomes will actually be achieved;
• the teaching is at a high level;
• the course or module as a whole meets European quality standards.

Verifiable

The SURF Edubadge service will be used to register, at a national level, who has achieved which microcredentials.

Microcredentials at the UvA

Microcredentials will be awarded for the following UvA courses:

• Big History, 6 ECTS, elective the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
• German Literature, 6 ECTS, elective the Interfaculty Teacher Training

Over the course of the pilot, we will expand the range of courses covered.

Nationwide pilot

During the nationwide Microcredentials pilot, the UvA and 33 other higher education institutions will set up a system involving digital certificates to allow individual units of study to be identified and their value recognised. The pilot will run until 1 January 2024.