Curriculum design process of university education, Coursebook, Project UNIVERSITARIA

The aim of this chapter is to describe how the European Standards for Higher Education influences the curriculum design. The European Qualification Framework set the basis to improve mobility and global work markets highlighting the role of University Education that now have to adapt to the new strategies. The formulation of an adequate strategy for competence-based teaching, the design of learning outcome based curricula and competence-based syllabus, are necessary elements of an up-to-date HE. The case study shows European standards and guidelines implicated for the external quality assurance of higher education. At the end, the chapter provides a “work area”- Activities to aid in the development of the elements analysed. The chapter closes with a Test, a multiple-choice quiz to verify the learning process (self-assessment) and a Reflection for formative feedback and then submission summative assessment.