The institute's Accredited Programmes
Re-accreditation exercise for degree and conversion programmes with accreditation status yet to expire would be put on hold.
Review exercise is required for all accredited degree and conversion programmes (in the form of "annual update review" commencing in 2018):-
(a) Programmes fully fulfill the new accreditation criteria will be granted a2-year extension of the original accreditation
period, irrespective of the expiry date of the original accreditation period.
(b) Programmes fulfill most of the new accreditation criteria (marginal cases) are allowed to make up the inadequacy prior
to the annual update review exercise of 2019 and a 3-year extension of the accreditation period would be granted.
(c) Programmes with substantial gap in fulfillment of the new accreditation criteria are required to undergo a full-fledged
re-accreditation exercise (according to the original re-accreditation schedule).
The HKIAAT's Accredited Programmes
The HKIAAT accreditation status will expire after 31 December 2019 regardless of their original expiry dates.
Desk-based review (re-accreditation) exercise is required for all existing HKIAAT's accredited programmes:-
(a) Programmes fulfill the new accreditation criteria will be approved as the institute's accredited sub-degree programmes
and granted a maximum of 5-year accreditation period; and
(b) Programmes fulfill most but not all the new accreditation criteria (marginal cases) are required to undergo a full-fledged
accreditation exercise.
(c) Programmes with substantial gap in fulfillment of the new accreditation criteria will not be accorded the accreditation
status.
