International Partners
 The Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ) The Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ) is an independent agency for quality assurance, accreditation, certification and evaluation of all types of higher education institutions. AQ develops and conducts procedures of quality assurance in accordance with national and European standards. It has been actively working in Austria and other European countries. |
 French High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) The remit of the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) is defined by the Law of 22 July 2013. Its core values are independence, transparency and fairness. Its method is based on a commitment to the evaluated institutions, a commitment to accompany them and to be a partner in their progress. |
 Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) FIBAA is a European, internationally oriented agency for quality assurance and quality development in higher education. We see ourselves as a partner for Higher Education Institutions and comparable education providers. The disciplinary focus of our activities is on management studies, law, social sciences and economics. With many years of experience and our large network of experts we accompany and support you in every step of your quality strategy. FIBAA aims at maintaining and improving the quality of education through the examination and award of quality marks for educational programs and institutions. FIBAA`s goal is to make education more transparent to the labor market, business, students and higher education institutions. |
 Accreditation Agency for Degree Programs in Engineering, Informatics/Computer Science, the Natural Sciences (ASIIN) ASIIN e. V. is a registered association in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.This alliance was first founded in 1999 as the non-profit association ASII for the accreditation of degree programmes in engineering an informatics, which rapidly expanded to ASIIN in 2002 by including the fields of natural sciences and mathematics. Since 2000, ASII or ASIIN has the right to award the accreditation seal of the German Accreditation Council, in addition to the ASIIN quality seal. In 2008, there were further expansions of the activities of ASIIN e. V. such as the establishment of panels, criteria, and procedures for the evaluation of QM systems in studying and teaching and the related admission by the German Accreditation Council. |
 ACPUA - Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education (Zaragoza, Spain) ACPUA is the official agency for the evaluation of higher education in the region of Aragon (Spain). It was set up in 2005 by Law of the regional Parliament. Its legal status is that of an autonomous body (public law entity), with own legal personality and its own assets and capacity to attain its objects. ACPUA is a full member, together with ANECA and the rest of Spanish agencies, of the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU). ACPUA is an affiliate member of ENQA -European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. |
 National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance (ANQA, Armenia) National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance was established on November 2008 to implement reviews, analysis, advising services and assessments in the field of professional education. ANQA contributes to the development of public trust, community cooperation, responsibility and competitiveness in Armenian society through systematic enhancement of quality assurance in higher education. The aim of the center is to set quality assurance system, which is supportive by considering the needs of national stakeholders, corresponds to international standards and provides visibility at international level. ANQA is an affiliate member of ENQA -European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and a member of International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE). |
 Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA) Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA) continues the work of the Estonian Higher Education Accreditation Centre and the Estonian Higher Education Quality Assessment Council that operated from 1997 to 2008. EKKA was established on January 1, 2009. |
 Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC) Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC) is an independent public agency established in 1995. The Centre implements the external quality assurance policy in higher education in Lithuania andcontributes to the development of human resources by creation of enabling conditions for free movement of persons. The Centre was founded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania as an expert institution. http://www.skvc.lt/default/en/news/iqaa-and-skvc-have-signed-a-memorandum- |
 Middle State Association of Colleges and Schools-Commisions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS) MSA-CESS accredits preK-12 public, private, parochial, charter, non-degree granting career and technical post-secondary institutions, special purpose schools, supplementary education centers, learning services providers, and distance education institutions. MSA-CESS traditional region includes Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia, as well as 85 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Subcontinent of Asia, and other regions around the world. In recent years, through its cooperative partners, CESS has expanded its scope to include schools and institutions seeking accreditation throughout the United States and around the world. |
 The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) is a leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence. The association embraces the virtues of teaching excellence and emphasizes to students that it is essential to learn how to learn. ACBSP accredits business, accounting, and business-related programs at the associate, baccalaureate, master, and doctorate degree levels worldwide. Recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in 2001 and again in 2011, ACBSP was the first to offer specialized business accreditation at all degree levels. |
 The Polish accreditation committee (PKA) The Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) is the first independent institution, established by way of a legal act of highest importance, working within the higher education system in Poland for the improvement of the quality of education in all public and non-public higher education institutions forming the system, authorised to conduct assessments of the compliance with the requirements necessary to provide education and evaluation of its quality on the first – cycle, second – cycle as well as third – cycle studies, postgraduate programmes and evaluation of activities of basic organisational units of HEIs. The Polish Accreditation Committee was established under the name of the State Accreditation Committee on 1 January 2002 in compliance with the act on higher education of 12 September 1990, and its tasks and working procedure became redefined and expanded by the currently effective act of 27 July 2005 Law on Higher Education. PKA is an organisation of experts diagnosing the condition of higher education and conducting systematic activities in order to enhance the quality of education.Evaluations conducted by PKA are obligatory and negative assessment of the Committee may cause suspension or withdrawal of authorisation to provide degree programme in a given field of study and at a given level of study on the basis of a decision of minister responsible for higher education. Act of Law on Higher Education and executive regulations, Statutes of PKA adopted on the plenary session of the Committee as well as standards and criteria appointed by the Committee constitute legal basis of PKA’s activities. Operations of the Polish Accreditation Committee are financed from the state budget. Terms of office is set to 4 years. PKA presents to the minister responsible for higher education opinions regarding programme evaluation, institutional evaluation, establishing of the HEI, authorisation (or re-granting of an authorisation) to provide degree programmes, establishing of a HEI or branch campus in Poland by a foreign HEI. Moreover, PKA gives opinions regarding quality of education in basic organisational units of HEIs which apply for an authorisation to confer academic degrees as well as gives opinion on draft bills realted to the area of higher education. On 15th April 2009 the State Accreditation Committee was officially accepted to European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) founded to enhance transparency and trust in quality assurance. EQAR publishes and manages a register of quality assurance agencies that substantially comply with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) to provide the public with clear and reliable information on quality assurance agencies operating in Europe. Polish Accreditation Committee is a full member of:
PKA also signed bilateral agreements with: ANECA (Spain), NVAO (Netherlands); ÖAR (Austria); ANQA (Armenia); SKVC (Lithuania); FIBAA (Germany); NEAA (Bulgaria).In 2012 U. S. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) performed a review which proved that standards and processes used to accredit medical schools in Poland are comparable to those used to accredit medical schools in U.S. |
 National Accreditation Agency (NAA) A subordinate agency of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor). The activity of the federal state budgetary institution "NAA" is based on the management system that meets the requirements of international standards for management and quality assurance of education, and is aimed at ensuring the external quality assurance of education and promoting the recognition of student learning outcomes in Russian educational organizations at national and international levels. FSBI "NAA" carries out its functions in accordance with the state task of the Federal Service of Supervision in Education and Science within the scope of the delegated powers for state accreditation of educational organizations in order to ensure the objectivity and detachment of the decisions made. |
 National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research (ANACIP) The Agency’s mission is to develop and promote the quality culture in vocational education, higher and continuing education, contributing to greater economic competitiveness and social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova. The aim of the Agency is to ensure an integrated, reliable, objective and transparent system of external evaluation and accreditation of institutions and study programs in vocational education, higher and continuing education in the Republic of Moldova. |
 Agency for Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations (ААОПО) The non-governmental institution “Agency for Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations” is a non-profit organization with the status of a legal entity established to increase the competitiveness of vocational education of the Kyrgyz Republic through accreditation. The purpose of the Agency is to conduct institutional and program accreditation of educational organizations, the development of methodology, technologies, standards and criteria for the accreditation of educational programs and vocational education organizations. Accreditation is aimed at improving the quality of educational programs and the effectiveness of educational institutions. |
