Poland
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
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Membership in EQARPoland has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since February 2008.
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General information on higher education
Higher education is offered by university-type (uczelnia akademicka) and non-university-type (uczelnia zawodowa) institutions.
University-type higher education institutions can offer third-cycle degrees, while non-university type may only offer first- and second-cycle degrees.
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National external quality assurance requirements
Institutional evaluation was carried out in Poland between 2012-2016. Following the amendments to the Law on Higher Educatiom, institutional evaluations were suspended and changes were made to the programme evaluation criteria for general academic and practice-oriented profile.
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Programmes evaluations
may result in an outstanding assessment (awarded for 8 years), a positive assessment (6 years), a conditional assessment (a date of follow-up assessment will be given) and a negative assessment.
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Cross-border quality assurance
In Poland higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
- HEIs are required to be reviewed by an EQAR-registered agency in order to apply for the right to offer doctorate degrees.
- Foreign higher education institutions (HEIs) that have been accredited by any EQAR-registered agency have the right to establish branch HEIs or departments in Polish.
- Higher education institutions may have their programme evaluated by EQAR-registered agencies under certain conditions.
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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): own criteria for EQAR registered QA agencies
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Recognition of reviews carried out by foreign agencies: the Polish Accreditation Commission (PKA, the national QA agency) takes into account the accreditations and certificates obtained through the evaluation by the foreign agency in selected areas of education.
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 Poland 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 Poland
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PKA - Polish Accreditation Committee 2008 - View 314 institutions with 1702 reports
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 -
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IEP - Institutional Evaluation Programme 2009 - View 4 institutions with 4 reports
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MusiQuE - Music Quality Enhancement 2015 - 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
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Unibasq - Agency for Quality of the Basque University System 2014 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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EAPAA - European Association for Public Administration Accreditation 2014 - 2018