Milestones in quality management

Significant events in chronological order (since 2005)

Periods

before 2020                 before 2015               before 2010

2024

June 2024

Ceremonial awarding of the family-friendly university seal

May 2024

April - June 2024

Tender procedure for awarding the service of carrying out system reaccreditation to an accreditation agency

2023

November 2023

2nd amendment of the teaching award regulations

October - November 2023

Participation in the Saxon lecturer survey

September - October 2023

Workshops as part of the family-friendly university seal with berufundfamilie GmbH

April - August 2023

Surveys as part of the 4th Saxon Graduate Study

May 2023

Teaching Day on the topic of "Campus 4 You - designing innovative teaching and learning spaces together"

2022

May 2022

Teaching Day on the topic of "Studium fundamentale and 21st Century Skills"

March - May 2022

Survey as part of the 4th Saxon student survey

2021

October 2021

Coronavirus vaccination survey of employees and students at the HSZG

May 2021

Teaching Day on the topic of "Digitalization in studies and teaching - opportunity and blessing?"

March 2021

2020

Winter semester 2020/21

Survey of students as part of the BintHo study (Benchmark international university) 2020/2021 of the DAAD

October 2020

Award of the university's own Teaching Award 2019 to Dipl.-Ing. M.A. Patrick Hornung, Dipl.-Ing. Kersten Kühne and Dipl.-Ing. Volker Brade(Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

August - November 2020

Survey of the lecturers

2019

October 2019

June 2019

May 2019

Teaching Day on the topic of "Competence-oriented teaching"

January 2019

1st inspection for system accreditation at the Zittau site

2018

August - December 2018

Surveys as part of the 3rd Saxon Graduate Study, the nationwide graduate panel and the EUROGRADUATE pilot study (samples in each case)

September 2018

1st amendment of the QM concept of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

July 2018

Approval for system accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Quality Management Systems of ASIIN e. V.

May 2018

  • Resolution on the university's quality objectives in conjunction with the adoption of the University Development Plan 2025
  • First internal accreditation of the degree programs of the Informatics pilot cluster
  • Teaching Day on the topic of "Blended Learning"

April 2018

Awarding of the university's own teaching prize to Ms. Daniela Ahrens, M.A. (Faculty of Social Sciences)

2017

December 2017

Conclusion of contract with ASIIN e.V. for the implementation of system accreditation

November 2017

Resolution on the regulations for the degree program review (internal assessment and accreditation/certification procedure for degree programs)

May 2017

  • Teaching Day on the topic of "On the way to system accreditation"
  • Inventory and check of the quality management system for accreditability in cooperation with evalag (Evaluation Agency Baden-Württemberg)
  • Survey as part of the 3rd Saxon student survey

April 2017

1st amendment of the Teaching Award Regulations

January 2017 - December 2020

Project "Diversity as a strength 2" (follow-up project)

2016

May 2016

  • 1st amendment of the evaluation regulations
  • Adoption of the quality management concept of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
  • Adoption of the quality guidelines in the core areas of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
  • Adoption of the process map of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
  • Launch of the University Information Portal (HIP) for the internal provision of documents 

April 2016

Awarding of the university's first teaching prize to Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Hans-Joachim Kretzschmar and Dr.-Ing. Ines Stöcker (teaching group of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)

2015

October 2015

Establishment of the Quality Management department

April 2015

Announcement of the declaration on quality management by the university management   

March 2015

Resolution of the award regulations for the teaching prize of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

2014

October 2014 - December 2016

Joint project QM5 "Quality management of the Saxon Universities of Applied Sciences" (SMWK)

Summer semester 2014

Lecturer survey and second university-wide student satisfaction survey

May 2014  

Teaching Day "Quality in teaching? But for sure!" 

2013

December 2013

Second university-wide freshman survey 

November 2013          

  • HDS.forum teaching 2013: "The heterogeneous university", organizer: Higher Education Didactic Center Saxony and University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
  • First Didactics training for student tutors "Sustainable learning & Teaching"

September 2013 - May 2014 

Surveys as part of the 2nd Saxon Graduate Study

June 2013 - June 2014

Participation in the CHE annual program 2013/2014 "Development and implementation of QM systems in universities"

May 2013

First university-wide student satisfaction survey

April 2013

Constituent meeting of the quality management working group

March 2013

  • Constituent meeting of the Senate Quality Management Commission and appointment of a Quality Management Working Group
  • First internal evaluation of the quality assurance/management system

January 2013

Senate resolution to establish a Senate Commission on Quality Management

2012

November - December 2012

First university-wide first semester survey

June 2012 - December 2016

Project "Diversity as a strength" (Quality Pact for Teaching)

March 2012

January 2012 - December 2016

Joint project QM-F "Quality assurance in research at the Saxon Universities of Applied Sciences" (SMWK)

2011

December 2011

Resolution on a flowchart for the adoption of study and examination regulations and their amendments

October 2011

  • Issuance of the evaluation regulations for the regular evaluation of teaching elements
  • Launch of the "Students advise students" service at the Görlitz site

Summer semester 2011

2nd QUEST survey on student diversity (pilot university as part of the CHE project "Diversity as an opportunity") 

May 2011

Senate resolution on the mission statement of Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences with quality policy positioning

April 2011

  • Launch of "INSO" - an offer for pupils from the 10th grade onwards for career and study orientation at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
  • Start of membership in the University Didactic Center Saxony 

2010

October 2010

1st QUEST survey on student diversity (pilot university as part of the CHE project "Diversity as an opportunity")

July 2010

Establishment of the STEM internship program "Living Energy Mix" (since 04/2012: expansion to STEM Center)

February 2010

Establishment of a menoring program

2009

November 2009

1st amendment to the appointment regulations of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

February 2009

Launch of the career service

January 2009

Start of institutionalized university didactics with central further education courses at the Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (today: Center for Knowledge Transfer and Education)

2008

December 2008

Resolution on the performance-related pay regulations with stipulations on research and performance bonuses

October 2008 - May 2009

Surveys as part of the  1.Saxon Graduate Study

July 2008

Appointment of a representative for university didactics

Summer semester 2008

Survey as part of the Study Quality Monitor (HIS GmbH, University of Konstanz)

2007

June 2007

Establishment of an online-supported module catalog/database with study and examination regulations, module descriptions and accreditation certificates for all study programs

May 2007

Appointment regulations of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

2006

March 2006

Start of the Founders Academy

2004 - 2006

Annual university-wide graduate surveys

2005

March 2005

First accreditation of study programs at the university (Computer Science Bachelor, Computer Science Master)