Austria
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
- View 53 institutions with 260 reports
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Governmental membershipAustria has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since February 2008.
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General information on higher education
Austrian higher education system include public universities offering bachelor, master, doctoral or various forms of diploma degrees, universities of applied sciences providing specifically vocational education and training at bachelor and master level and university colleges of teacher education offering bachelor and masters degree programmes for teaching credentials for the primary and secondary education sector.
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National external quality assurance requirements
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Institutional and initial programme accreditation
Private higher education institutions -
Own methodology
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Institutional audit
Public universities; universities of applied sciences after an uninterrupted accreditation period of 12 years -
Institutional and initial programme accreditation
Universities of applied sciences
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Cross-border quality assurance
In Austria higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
- Public universities: yes.
- Universities of applied science: yes, after having been re-accredited by the national Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria)
- Private higher education institutions & university colleges of teacher education: no.
See point §19 of the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education – HS-QSG
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Eligibility requirements for foreign agencies: registration on EQAR; QA agencies have to also submit an expression of interest to the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
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Conditions for the agencies’ work (e.g. criteria to be used): compliance with the criteria by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
Read more: countries where higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency
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European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes
In Austria the European Approach is available to higher education institutions.
- Public universities: yes (due to “self-accrediting” status of their programmes they are able to employ the European Approach)
- Universities of applied sciences, private higher education institutions, yes. If such a degree programme is offered as a joint study programme with one or several recognised foreign post-secondary educational institutions, AQ Austria may employ the European Approach or recognise the procedure (see the 2021 amendment to the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education – HS-QSG, § 23 4b and § 24 5b).
Read more: countries where the European Approach is available to higher education institutions
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in Austria
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AAQ - Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance 2011 - View 2 institutions with 4 reports
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ACQUIN - Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute 2008 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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AHPGS - Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences 2009 - View 3 institutions with 7 reports
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AQ Austria - Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria 2014 - View 45 institutions with 212 reports
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AQAS - Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes 2008 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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FIBAA - Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation 2008 - View 7 institutions with 14 reports
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FINEEC - Finnish Education Evaluation Centre 2010 - View 1 institutions with 2 reports
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evalag - Evaluation Agency Baden-Württemberg 2009 - View 13 institutions with 13 reports
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 2 institutions with 3 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders 2008 - View 1 institutions with 2 reports