ACQUIN - Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute
Akkreditierungs-, Certifizierungs- und Qualitätssicherungsinstitut e.V.
| Admission valid until: | 2021-06-30 (listed since 2009-04-08) |
| Based in*: | Germany |
| HE systems where agency conducted reviews**: | Austria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Holy See, Kazakhstan, Kosovo¹, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Oman, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
| Reports by the agency: | https://www.acquin.org/de/akkreditierte-studiengaenge/ |
| External review reports and EQAR decisions: | 2016-12_A32_Renewal_of_Registration_ACQUIN.pdf ACQUIN_Review_Report_2016.pdf ACQUIN_External_Review_Report_2011.pdf ACQUIN_External_Review_Report_2006.pdf |
Contact details
| Website: | www.acquin.org |
| Address: | Brandenburger Str. 2 95448 Bayreuth Germany |
| Contact Person: | Stefan Handke |
| Phone: | +49 921 530390 77 |
| Fax: | +49 921 530390 51 |
| Email: | handke@acquin.org |
| biehl@acquin.org |
Information on the agency's work
ACQUIN is a registered association whose members are higher education institutions, professional associations and business companies. Its core competence is the evaluation and accreditation of study programmes for different types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Germany and abroad as well as evaluation and accreditation of quality management systems in HEIs (system accreditation) and institutions (institutional accreditation). ACQUIN’s central concern is to promote and anchor quality culture in higher education.
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| ENQA membership: | Full member |
| We aim to keep information on the register as accurate and reliable as possible. Please inform us should you note any inaccurate or misleading information, or refer to our Complaints Policy. | |
| * | This is the country in which the agency has its registered address. Information on the formal status of the agency and its decisions in the country's education system should be obtained from the competent national authorities. |
| ** | List of EHEA countries where the agency has evaluated, accredited or audited higher education institutions or programmes during the past five years. This information is provided by the agency for informational purposes, in order to allow users to identify which agencies have experience with working in a specific higher education system. It does not necessarily imply formal recognition of the agency's results or decisions in those countries. |
| 1 | All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, on this site shall be understood in full compliance with United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. |
