ACCREDITATION PARTNERS
2004 - 2025
Liverpool John Moores University
School of Art and Design
MFA Creative Practice + PhD Creative Research
(2020-2025)
University of Plymouth
UK: School of Art, Design & Architecture
MFA + PhD Creative Practice
(2008 - 2020)
Donau University Krems
Media Arts, MFA New Media
(2005 - 2009)
TRANSCRIPTS
The San Francisco Institute for Creative Research: TBA
Liverpool John Moores University: site + form
Plymouth University: site
Donau University Krems: email
DEGREE VALIDATION
Degree recognition service in the U.S.
Educational Credential Evaluators
(They have worked with our students for many years).
CURRENT Accreditation
Liverpool John Moore University (LJMU)
MFA Creative Practice + PhD Creative Research
United Kingdom: School of Art & Design, PhD Creative Research. (2020)
Along with UK Universities, LJMU is accredited
by the QAA & Council for Higher Education.
Learn more:
QAA’s Quality Code
(Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education)
Council for Higher Education
DONAU UNIVERSITY KREMS CONTACTS
Donau University contact for credential evaluators:
Brigitte Müllauer, MSc
Leiterin- Dle StudienServiceCenter
Donau-Universität Krems -Universität für Weiterbildung
Abteilung für Studienmanagement
Dr. Karl Dorrek- Strasse 30
A-3500 Krems an der Donau
Tel +43 2732 893 2281
Fax +43 2732 893 4280
www.donau-uni.ac.at/ssc
Email
PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY CONTACTS
PU Registrar: Donna Strickland email
UK PHDS
Understanding the value of a research doctorate in credits:
Within the UK Higher Education system (within which LJMU awards its degrees) "taught doctoral degrees require at least 540 [UK] credits (270 ECTS), of which a minimum of 420 (210 ECTS) is at level 12 - see National Qualifications Framework". (Source)
In order to acknowledge the level of independent, advanced study which they involve, research doctorates (such as those delivered by the LJMU and TT partnership) are not normally quantified in terms of taught credits, however "all doctoral degrees are expected to meet the generic statement of outcomes set out in the qualification descriptor for doctoral degrees in The Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies (QAA, 2014) (QAA, 2014)." (Source)
Given the stringent emphasis placed by the UK QAA (Quality Assurance Agency) upon parity of outcomes and expectations across all doctoral degrees (both taught and research) awarded by UK HEIs (Higher Education Institutes), research doctorates can be deemed to have a broad equivalence to taught doctorates in terms of the numbers of credits earned. While the mode of delivery varies across courses and institutions, the duration of programs (typically 3-4 years), time spent studying and level of study must necessarily be of a directly comparable level in order to maintain the parity of outcomes specified by the QAA.
Credit conversion
Converting UK credits to ECTS or US credit hours is as follows:
"UK Credits are the same at a nominal 10 hours of learning per credit unit across CATS... There is an official equivalence with the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) where two UK credits equals one ECTS credit, based on there being 120 UK credits and 60 ECTS credits to an academic year.[6]
Four CATS points are equivalent to one US credit hour.[9] Rather than award fractional credits, US universities will sometimes consider a typical British 10 credit module to be worth 3 (rather than 2.5) US credit hours, similarly rounding 15 UK credit modules to 4 US credit hours and 20 UK credit modules to 5 US credit hours." [Source]
Working on the basis that the TT/LJMU PhD program equates to 540 UK credits (or 180 UK credits per year), the above conversion process yields a total of 135 US credit hours for the three year program (or 45 US credit hours per annum).
MFA credits
All TT MFA modules are graded on a simple Pass/Fail basis. For assistance on converting a Pass/Fail grade to a GPA click here.