Moldova
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
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Membership in EQARMoldova has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since February 2015.
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General information on higher education
The higher education in Moldova is organized in universities, academies of studies, institutes, superior schools and schools of high studies. These educational establishments may be private or public and may offer studies at bachelor, master and doctoral level.
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National external quality assurance requirements
Any public or private legal entity providing higher education is subject to an external assessment for provisional authorization before initiating its activity. Higher education institution and their study programs are then subjected to periodic accreditation.
In case if a negative external quality assessment result, the Ministry of Education asks the Government to withdraw the functioning rights of the institution or its study programmmes. Students enrolled in these institutions and study programmes are in these case enrolled in a similar study programme belonging to other educational establishments.
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Institutional and programme accreditation
Periodical external assessments for re-accreditation take place every five years.
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Cross-border quality assurance
In Moldova higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
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Eligibility requirements for foreign agencies: EQAR registration is sufficient.
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Conditions for the agencies’ work (e.g. criteria to be used): the quality assurance agency has to follow the national standards when carrying out the review.
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European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes
In Moldova the European Approach is available to higher education institutions.
Moldova's legal framework (Education Code art.113,115) allow higher education institutions to choose/accept a review by an EQAR-registered agency using the European Approach.
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in Moldova
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AQAS - Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes 2008 -
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ARACIS - Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education 2009 -
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EKKA - Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education 2013 - View 13 institutions with 26 reports
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IAAR - Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating 2017 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports