Lithuania
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
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Membership in EQARLithuania has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since March 2015.
Read more: all Governmental Members of EQAR
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General information on higher education
Higher education is offered in Lithuania by state or private universities (universitetas) and colleges (kolegija). All study programmes are listed in the register of the Ministry of Education and Science (ministry).
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National external quality assurance requirements
Programmes and higher education institutions go through an evaluation every six or three years (see below). This cycle of evaluations is specified in the 2016 Law and the SKVC's methodologies.
Lithuania is currently replacing the evaluation of individual programmes with the evaluations of study fields.
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Institutional accreditation ( (effective as of 2021)
Accreditation is awarded for 7 years in case of a positive evaluation. An interim evaluation of three years is carried out in cases when the requirements within one evaluation area are only satisfactorily met. -
Evaluation of study fields (cluster programme evaluation)
Accreditation is awarded for 7 years in case of a positive evaluation. A study field may also be accredited (with conditions) for three years, once.
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Cross-border quality assurance
In Lithuania higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
Limited to cluster programme evaluations
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Eligibility requirements for foreign agencies: EQAR registration
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Conditions for the agencies’ work (e.g. criteria to be used): The evaluation of study fields has to be carried out using the national criteria (see links below).
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Recognition of reviews carried out by foreign agencies: The accreditation decision (based on the external evaluation report) is taken by the Center for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC).
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 Lithuania the European Approach is available to higher education institutions.
Read more: countries where the European Approach is available to higher education institutions
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in Lithuania
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AHPGS - Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences 2009 - View 1 institutions with 43 reports
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SKVC - Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education 2012 - View 45 institutions with 80 reports
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ACQUIN - Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute 2008 - View 1 institutions with 11 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 - View 1 institutions with 2 reports
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FIBAA - Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation 2008 - View 1 institutions with 4 reports