European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
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Founded | 2000 |
Members | 39 full11 candidate |
Working language | English |
President | Achim Hopbach |
Vice-Presidents | Fiona Crozier Helka Kekäläinen |
Board | Karl Dittrich Elisabeth Fiorioli Josep Grifoll Tine Holm Rafael Llavori Radu Damian |
Secretary General | Emmi Helle |
Website | www.enqa.eu |
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) came into being in 2000 as the European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. In 2004 it was transformed from a network into an association.
Membership of the association is open to quality assurance agencies in the signatory states of the Bologna declaration
Bologna declaration
The Bologna declaration is the main guiding document of the Bologna process...
. ENQA is run by a President, two Vice-Presidents along with a General Assembly of all its members.
Austria
- Austrian Agency for Quality Assurance (AQA)
- Fachhochschulrat (FHR)
- Austrian Accreditation Council (AAC)
Belgium
- Council of Flemish Institutions of Higher Education (VHLORA)
- European University AssociationEuropean University AssociationThe European University Association represents and supports more than 850 institutions of higher education in 46 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and exchange of information on higher education and research policies...
(EUA) - Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR)
France
- Agence d'Évaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur (AERES)
- Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI)
Germany
- German Accreditation Council (Akkreditierungsrat)
- Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN)
- Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (ZEvA)
- Accreditation Agency for Study Programmes in Health and Social Sciences (AHPGS)
- Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen (AQAS)
- Accreditation Agency for Study Programs in Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics (ASIIN)
- Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)
- Stiftung Evaluationsagentur Baden-Wuerttemberg (EVALAG)
Ireland
- Higher Education and Training Awards CouncilHigher Education and Training Awards CouncilThe Higher Education and Training Awards Council , the legal successor to the National Council for Educational Awards , grants higher education awards in Ireland in the extra-university system...
(HETAC) - National Qualifications Authority of IrelandNational Qualifications Authority of IrelandThe National Qualifications Authority of Ireland or NQAI was set up under the Qualifications Act, 1999 to develop and promote the implementation of a National Framework of Qualifications across education and training in Ireland.-The Authority's role:The Authority’s principal tasks are as...
(NQAI) - Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB)
Spain
- National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA)
- Agency for Quality Assurance in the Catalan University System (AQU)
- Agencia Andaluza para la Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación Universitaria (AGAE)
- Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León (ACSUCYL)
- Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG)
United Kingdom
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher EducationQuality Assurance Agency for Higher EducationEstablished in 1997, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education works to ensure that higher education qualifications in the United Kingdom are of a sound standard. It protects the public interest by checking how universities and colleges maintain their academic standards and quality...
(QAA) - The European Council On Chiropractic Education (ECCE)
Belgium
- Agence pour l'Evaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur organisé ou subventionné par la Communauté française (AEQES)
The Netherlands
- Netherlands Quality Agency (NQA)
- Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities (QANU)