The Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programs (AQAS) is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated for the accreditation of higher education institutions in Germany. It is supported by more than 80 member institutions, both higher education institutions as well as academic associations. AQAS was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. To date it has accredited more than 3,500 degree programs at universities and universities of applied sciences, including numerous programs outside of Germany. In January 2009, the German Accreditation Council granted permission to AQAS to accredit quality assurance systems of higher education institutions as well.[4][5][6]
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| Abbreviation | AQAS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2002 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Educational accreditation |
| Location | |
Membership | ENQA[1] European University Association European Consortium for Accreditation[2] EQAR[3] |
| Website | www |
The agency is member in various international education networks: The European University Association, the European Consortium for Accreditation, the European Network for Quality Assurance, and the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education.
Accredited institutions
editCurrently, AQAS has accredited around 80 higher education institutions from several countries including Germany, Austria, Chile, China, Switzerland, Ghana, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom, among them:[7][8][9][10]
- HTW Berlin
- Paris-Sorbonne University
- San Sebastián University
- State University of Surabaya
- Tongji University
- University of Cologne
- University of Florence
- University of Ghana
- University of Graz
- University of Hagen
- mass communication of Cairo university
- İstanbul Gelişim University
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ "Home • ENQA". Enqa.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "The European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education – The European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education". Ecaconsortium.net. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education - EQAR". Eqar.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "European Higher Education Area (EHEA) countries". European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).
- ^ "Herzlich willkommen bei der Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat | Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat".
- ^ "Wie finde ich den richtigen MBA?". 24 August 2021.
- ^ "AQAS e.V. » Internationale Akkreditierungen". Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "AQAS e.V. » Akkreditierte Studienprogramme". Archived from the original on 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
- ^ Lau, Simon. "AQAS e.V. – Agentur zur Qualitätssicherung" (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
External links
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