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.
The course or module must satisfy a number of quality requirements. The course or module must be designed in such a way that:
The SURF Edubadge service will be used to register, at a national level, who has achieved which microcredentials.
Microcredentials will be awarded for the following UvA courses:
Scientific Programming 1 | 3 EC | Informatics Institute
Scientific Programming 2 | 3 EC | Informatics Institute
Over the course of the pilot, we will expand the range of courses covered.
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.
What is a microcredential and what can you do with it exactly? In higher education, microcredentials can be valuable in various ways for institutions, professionals, and employers, among others. In this video, we explain why.