Woolf University - Educational Partnership & Institutions

[bjcheung77]

Wow, how did you score the $3500 cost for the GoIT MSCS with Software Engineering? On my first post, I mentioned it would be at least $5K or roughly that amount... Are they providing grants, scholarships, or something?

[salko23]

Woolf is now adding performance based admission. Almabetter will be first to adopt.

Almabetter raised prices quite a bit, so it will be $3000+. Probably cheapest way to get MSCS. (Anyway the names of many of the schools under Woolf umbrella amaze me, who will want to have Almabetter or GoIT as uni name on their degree...)

In the transcript and on the diploma, the logo of the specific college (e.g., AlmaBetter or GoIT) is included alongside Woolf. However, the official awarding institution of the degree is Woolf, which is an accredited Higher Education Institution. This is the key factor considered during degree evaluations.

You can choose whether or not to emphasize the specific college’s name in addition to Woolf when presenting your degree. For reference, here’s how the information appears on the diploma supplement:

2. Information identifying the qualification

2.1. Name of qualification and (if applicable) title conferred (in original language): Master of Science in Computer Science: Cloud Computing

2.2. Main field(s) of study for the qualification: Computer & Mathematical Science

2.3. Name and status of awarding institution (in original language): Woolf

2.4.Name and status of institution (in different from2.3) administering studies: Woolf (established in 2018) is an accredited Higher Education Institution in Malta with license 2019-015 from the Malta Further and Higher Authority.

2.5. Language of instruction/examination: English

[artem]

Wow, how did you score the $3500 cost for the GoIT MSCS with Software Engineering?  On my first post, I mentioned it would be at least $5K or roughly that amount... Are they providing grants, scholarships, or something?

If you are seriously interested, I can send you a link to a discount of 1100 euros for the degree.

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I applied last year + I'm from Ukraine, and this is a Ukrainian company.
Maybe the prices have increased or it depends on your location.

As I know, there is a discount for early registration and sometimes there are promotions. You can also get a few additional courses as a gift. It depends on how you bargain.

Even the price of 5000 is adequate. Keep in mind that this is a European master's degree of size 90 ECTS, which is equivalent to RA US 45 credit hours master's degree. One and a half times larger than usual.

[bjcheung77]

Very much interested, I love going for RA equivalent degrees for cheap, especially at the graduate level and in the subject matter that I am interested in...

[artem]

Very much interested, I love going for RA equivalent degrees for cheap, especially at the graduate level and in the subject matter that I am interested in...

I'll post the link here. Maybe it will be useful to other forum members too

https://www.edu.goit.global/en/referral?...QiOjQxfQ==

[bjcheung77]

Awesome, just signed up... or at least I left them my email, name, number, and now waiting for someone to correspond with me... $1100 Euro off a higher education program is an amazing deal, hopefully, it can drop that $5K+ to $3500...

[Tomas]

Per https://theshiftnews.com/2024/11/28/high...embership/
"Malta’s official regulator for the accreditation of higher education institutions, including universities, was not accepted to join the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), a major blow to the country’s international higher education credentials.
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) encountered the same fate when it tried to join the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
Malta’s applications for membership were made in 2023, but the MFHEA kept the process under wraps and did not even announce its attempts had failed."

From what I have read in couple of articles linked on Degreeinfo, I am starting to believe that degrees from Maltese "institutes" are not looked upon favorably by agencies in Austria and Germany that handle degree recognition.
Hope there will be some info from students over time regarding recognition, especially for Germany. Anabin database only mentions the universities so far...

[Eleanor]

Per https://theshiftnews.com/2024/11/28/high...embership/
"Malta’s official regulator for the accreditation of higher education institutions, including universities, was not accepted to join the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), a major blow to the country’s international higher education credentials.
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) encountered the same fate when it tried to join the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
Malta’s applications for membership were made in 2023, but the MFHEA kept the process under wraps and did not even announce its attempts had failed."

From what I have read in couple of articles linked on Degreeinfo, I am starting to believe that degrees from Maltese "institutes" are not looked upon favorably by agencies in Austria and Germany that handle degree recognition.
Hope there will be some info from students over time regarding recognition, especially for Germany. Anabin database only mentions the universities so far...

Found this recent article. whatever that's worth....
https://businessnow.mt/raising-maltas-ed...r-level24/

According to EQAR's website, MFHEA's application status is "Appeal Consideration".

You are right - Austria and Germany are very skeptical about Maltese institutions. for a good reason. the entry requirements for "institutes" in the past were low. Many don't have a physical presence. some "operate" from addresses that, according to google maps, do not even show a building.

I assume that as long as the MFHEA is not a member of EQAR/ENQA, the Austrian and German authorities will assess Maltese institutions individually. Currently, the Austrian accreditation agency (AQA) currently lists two institutions form Malta in their database. 

I have contacted the the German ZAB/KmK to inquire the recognition of a certain institution's PhD program in Germany. According to them recognition must be clarified at state level. So I called the according Ministry in Baden Württemberg (randomly picked a state). Their response was that this cannot be generally answered. A PhD degree from that institution must be individually assessed towards "comparability" with a German PhD degree AFTER graduation, and may or may not be recognized.

My conclusion: foreign institutions and degrees on the AQA list are recognized in Austria. In Germany, unless listed on ANABIN, no clarity.

But it gets even more complicated. There is another infamous Maltese institution (extensively discussed on a German board), which in addition to MFHEA accreditation, holds institutional accreditation from ACQUIN. ACQUIN is a member of EQAR. However, according to the German board's discussions, ANABIN has kept refraining to include this institution in its Database.

to be continued...