External review of the programme is conducted at least one year before the expiry of the accreditation term of EJMSBM in any Consortium Partner country. External reviews of the programme are based on European approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes (2015) in accordance of the national legislation of each Consortium Partner country.

External review of the programme is performed by European Quality Assurance Agency registered in European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) and approved by Governing Board. External review of the programme is made in accordance with the assessment methodology of European Quality Assurance Agency registered in EQAR. The outcomes of this process are reported to the Governing Board, all students and other stakeholders involved.

Decision of the Quality Assurance Agency on the external review of the programme is communicated to national Quality Assurance Agency of each Consortium Partner in accordance to European approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes (2015). The process of EJMSBM accreditation in all Consortium Partner countries is handled by QAC.

Initial accreditation of EJMSBM was done by European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) in 2015 in coordination with Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) and an accreditation for the 6 years was issued. The assesment report can be found here.

Re-accreditation of EJMSBM was made by Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) in 2021 and an accreditation for the 6 years was issued. The assesment report can be found here.

The external evaluation methods are comprised of:

• External international evaluation and accreditation of EJMSBM (in the mid of the 2nd iteration) made by the Quality Assurance Agency (registered in European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)) in accordance with the Standards for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes in the European Higher Education Area (2015).

• External company assessing the prospective students’ English language skills necessary to study
  and accomplish EJMSBM.

• External Examiners selected from institutions other than the Consortium partners, compare and contrast the EJMSBM learning outcomes and the actual attainment of students with the relevant awards standards, with the relevant Qualifications Frameworks, and with corresponding data from other programmes in the same or similar disciplines in other universities and HEIs in Europe; confirm whether or not the applied procedures for assessment are valid, reliable, fair and consistent and that the assessments are in line with the stated learning outcomes; review intended assessment tasks prior to their assignment to students, in the context of module assessment strategies and pre-requisite prior learning; attend contact weeks (online or in person).

• Invitation to the QAC and / or boards an external advisor (-s), a stakeholder representative such as a Frontex or a high-level decision maker in the field of training of a border and coast guard organisation at national level to evaluate the performance of students, alumni, and management
  of EJMSBM.

• Dissertation Examination Boards chaired by external academic experts from European universities and academies which do not belong to the Consortium, who will have to provide an independent assessment of the achievements of each student.