The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Advancing quality in European higher education

Latest news

Launch of consultation on draft ESG 2027

17 November 2025

ENQA General Assembly 2025 elects new President, Vice-Presidents, and Board Members

27 October 2025

Call for hosts: ENQA Members’ Forum 2027 and 2028, and General Assembly 2027 and 2028

27 October 2025

New publication: Proposals for future alignment of the quality assurance frameworks of the European Higher Education Area and the Ibero-American Knowledge Area

15 October 2025

IAQA call for candidates – Board Members – deadline: 1 November 2025

13 October 2025

Our mission

As the designated stakeholder organisation of quality assurance agencies in the EHEA, ENQA represents their interests internationally, supports them nationally and provides them with comprehensive services and networking opportunities. Under ENQA’s umbrella, the community of agencies drives innovation in quality assurance and refines quality assurance processes.

Agency reviews

External review of ASIIN (2026)

13 November 2025

External review of IAQA (2026)

28 October 2025

Targeted review of FIBAA (2026)

28 October 2025

External review of ZEvA (2026)

17 October 2025

Partial review of NCEQE (2026)

29 September 2025

Publications

Proposals for future alignment of the quality assurance frameworks of the European Higher Education Area and the Ibero-American Knowledge Area

15 October 2025

ENQA briefing note on the Council Recommendation on a European quality assurance and recognition system in higher education

28 May 2025

Annual report 2024

15 April 2025

External review of ENQA Agency Reviews: Evaluation report prepared by the expert panel

15 April 2025

Quality Assurance of the European Universities alliances: state of play and future perspectives

15 April 2025

Events

2026 ENQA Members’ Forum, 22-24 April, Budapest, Hungary

22 April 2026-24 April 2026 00:00

The 2026 Members’ Forum will take place on 22-24 April in Budapest, Hungary. This event is organised in cooperation with the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB).

2026 European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), 18-20 November, Yerevan, Armenia

18 November 2026-20 November 2026 00:00

The 2026 European Quality Assurance Forum will take place on 18 to 20 November, hosted by National Polytechnic University Of Armenia in Yerevan.

Current projects

Explore ENQA’s wide range of project activities

Projects

Policy topics

Find information and resources on key issues in external quality assurance

Topics

Representation

Discover how ENQA represents the voice of agencies in key policy discussions

Representation

The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

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Representation

A3ES • Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education

AAC • Accreditation Agency Curacao

AAQ • Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance

ACCUA • Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (former AAC-DEVA)

ACCUEE • The Canarian Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

ACEEU • Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities

ACPUA • Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education

ACQAHE • Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education

ACQUIN • Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute

ACSUCYL • Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León

ACSUG • Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System

ADEE • Association for Dental Education in Europe

AEQES • Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Agenzia Quacing • Agenzia per la certificazione della qualità e l’accreditamento EUR-ACE dei corsi di studio in Ingegneria

AHERS • Agency for Higher Education of Republic of Srpska

AHPGS • Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences

AI • The Danish Accreditation Institution

AIC • Academic Information Centre

AMAQ-ES • Mauritanian Authority for Quality Assurance of Higher Education

ANACEC • National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research

ANECA • National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain

ANQA • National Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation

ANVUR • National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes

AQ Austria • Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria

AQAS • Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes

AQHE • Agency for Quality in Higher Education of the Republic of North Macedonia

AQU Catalunya • Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency

AQUA • Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in Andorra

AQUIB • Balearic Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

ARACIS • Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

ARES • Higher Education Regulatory Agency

ARQA • Independent Agency for Recognition and Quality Assurance in Education

ASCAL • Albanian Quality Assurance Agency

ASFOR • Italian Association for Management Development

ASHE • Agency for Science and Higher Education

ASIIN e.V • Accreditation Agency for Study Programmes of Engineering, Information Science, Natural Sciences and Mathematics

AVAP • Valencian Agency for Assessment and Forecasting

AVEPRO • Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Faculties

BAC • British Accreditation Council

CAAAE • Central Asian Association for Accreditation of Education (former KAZSEE)

CEEMAN • International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies

CEENQA • Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education

CHE • Council for Higher Education

CTI • Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur

CYQAA • Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education

EAEVE • European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education

Eaquals • Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality Language Services

EATDA • State Agency for Science and Higher Education

ECA • European Consortium for Accreditation

ECAQA • Eurasian Сentre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care

ECCE • The European Council on Chiropractic Education

ECTE • European Council for Theological Education

EdNet • Agency for Quality Assurance in Education

EFMD • European Foundation for Management Development

EQ-Arts • Enhancing Quality in the Arts

EURAS • Eurasian Universities Union

EVALAG • Evaluation Agency of Baden-Württemberg

FIBAA • Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation

FIGURE • Engineering Education by Research Universities

FINEEC • Finnish Education Evaluation Centre

GAC • German Accreditation Council

HAHE • Hellenic Authority for Higher Education

HAKA • Estonian Quality Agency for Education (former EKKA)

HCERES • High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education

HEA • Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance of Bosnia and Herzegovina

HKCAAVQ • Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications

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HRK • German Rectors‘ Conference

IAAR • Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating

IAQA • Icelandic Agency for Quality Assurance (former QEF)

IEP • Institutional Evaluation Programme