MFHEA • Malta Further and Higher Education Authority

MFHEA is an ENQA Affiliate.

MFHEA was officially launched in Malta on 8 January 2021 and is legislated by the revised Education Act which came into force on 1 January 2021. MFHEA’s mission statement is “to foster the development and achievement of excellence in further and higher education in Malta through research, effective licensing, accreditation, quality assurance, and recognition of qualifications established under the Malta Qualifications Framework.”

The MFHEA focuses on:

• providing accreditation to further and higher educational institutions;
• providing accreditation to programmes or courses of studies at further and higher education levels;
• quality assurance of both educational institutions and programmes or courses;
• recognition of obtained national or international qualifications as well as prospective qualifications;
• the validation of informal and non-formal learning;
• research and policy recommendation on issues related to further and higher education.

MFHEA is currently undergoing an external review coordinated by ENQA. More information can be found here.