What are microcredentials?

The UvA is taking part in a 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

A national registry maintains a record of who has achieved which microcredentials. You can obtain your badge via the SURF Edubadge service. You can then show your it to your employer, for example, or post it on LinkedIn.

Microcredentials at the UvA

Microcredentials will be awarded for the following UvA courses:

• Big History| 6 ECTS | elective offered by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
• Circular Economy and Society| 6 ECTS | elective offered by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
• Data Literacy| 6 ECTS | elective offered by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
• Democratie, actualiteit en controverse in de klas | 3 ECTS | elective offered by the Interfaculty Teacher Training department
• Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt, programme at IBIS  (Institute of Business and Industrial Statistics)
• Lean Six Sigma: Green Belt, programme at IBIS (Institute of Business and Industrial Statistics)
• Literatur damals und heute | 6 ECTS | elective offered by Alfa4all
• Scientific Programming 1 | 3 ECTS | Informatics Institute
• Scientific Programming 2 | 3 ECTS | Informatics Institute
• Strategisch informatiemanagement | 5 ECTS | A module of the Master’s in Health Informatics, Faculty of Medicine
• eHealth en zelfmanagement | 5 ECTS | A module of the Master’s in Health Informatics, Faculty of Medicine

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