University Teaching Qualification (UTQ)

The University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) is not a qualification for starting teachers in their first year of teaching. That is what TLC-FdR’s Didactic Bootcamps are created for.  This is because the UTQ assumes that you have already mastered certain basic skills and can build on them. The UTQ is an officially recognised national certification path whereby the path offers every teacher the opportunity to shape their teaching using the most recent educational theories. This is done in the area of 5 competences

1. Designing education
2. Implementing education
3. Testing and assessing
4. Supervising students
5. Evaluating your own education

At the end of the programme, you compile a portfolio to demonstrate that you meet the criteria for UTQ certification. The UTQ committee will assess your portfolio. Candidates who complete the programme with a pass mark will receive an UTQ certificate.

Infographics UTQ competences

All teachers with a permanent position should obtain their UTQ at least in the second year of their appointment. Teachers-4 should also be enabled to obtain the UTQ.

You can start the UTQ programme twice per academic year (each semester has a start date and once a year the programme is in English). The duration of the programme is about 10-12 months. Intake interviews usually take place in September or January. The sessions of the UTQ programme start in September (Dutch track) or February (English track).

BKO September (Dutch track)

BKO February (English track)