AQAS

Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programs
AbbreviationAQAS
Formation2002
TypeNGO
PurposeEducational accreditation
Location
Membership
ENQA[1]
European University Association
European Consortium for Accreditation[2]
EQAR[3]
Websitewww.aqas.de

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]

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.

  1. ^ "Home • ENQA". Enqa.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education - EQAR". Eqar.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  4. ^ "European Higher Education Area (EHEA) countries". European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).
  5. ^ "Herzlich willkommen bei der Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat | Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat".
  6. ^ "Wie finde ich den richtigen MBA?". 24 August 2021.