AQAS
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Abbreviation | AQAS |
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Formation | 2002 |
Type | NGO |
Purpose | Educational accreditation |
Location | |
Membership | ENQA[1] European University Association European Consortium for Accreditation[2] EQAR[3] |
Website | www |
TheAgency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programs(AQAS) is an independentnon-profit organisationdedicated for the accreditation ofhigher educationinstitutions inGermany.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 inCologne,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany.To date it has accredited more than 3,500 degree programs atuniversitiesanduniversities 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: TheEuropean University Association,the European Consortium for Accreditation, the European Network for Quality Assurance, and the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education.
Accredited institutions[edit]
Currently, AQAS has accredited around 80 higher education institutions from several countries includingGermany,Austria,Chile,China,Switzerland,Ghana,Indonesia,and theUnited 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 Universtiy
See also[edit]
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- European Quality Improvement System
- Accreditation, Certification, Quality Assurance Institute
- Association of MBAs
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Triple accreditation
Notes and references[edit]
- ^"Home • ENQA".Enqa.eu.Retrieved2022-09-15.
- ^"The European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education – The European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education".Ecaconsortium.net. 2021-11-02.Retrieved2022-09-15.
- ^"The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education - EQAR".Eqar.eu.Retrieved2022-09-15.
- ^"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 fromthe originalon 2013-11-18.Retrieved2013-11-18.
- ^"AQAS e.V. » Akkreditierte Studienprogramme".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-11-19.Retrieved2013-11-18.
- ^"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).Retrieved2022-05-18.
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