Spain
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
- View 819 institutions with 16006 reports
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Governmental membershipSpain has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since February 2008.
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General information on higher education
Higher education comprises university and professional studies.
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National external quality assurance requirements
The evaluation of the quality of universities is the responsibility of the Autonomous Communities.
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Ex-ante and Ex-post programme evaluation.
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Institutional evaluations.
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EHEA key commitment
Fully aligned with the ESG
A fully functioning quality assurance system is in operation nationwide, in which all higher education institutions are subject to regular external quality assurance by an agency that has successfully demonstrated compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (ESG) through registration on EQAR
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Cross-border quality assurance
Not recognising foreign agencies as part of the national external QA requirements
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European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes
European Approach available to all higher education institutions
A joint university study programmes between one or more Spanish universities and one or more foreign universities leading to official Spanish university degrees may use the European Approach provided that the country of the coordinating university has subscribed to this agreement (see Royal Decree of 28 September 2021).
Map: availability of the European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in Spain
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ACCUA - Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia 2009 - View 172 institutions with 4651 reports
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ACCUEE - The Canarian Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation 2022 - View 5 institutions with 87 reports
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ACPUA - Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education 2016 - View 2 institutions with 996 reports
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ACSUCYL - The Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León 2009 - View 103 institutions with 2309 reports
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ACSUG - Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System 2009 - View 78 institutions with 528 reports
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ANECA - National Agency for the Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain 2012 -
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AQU - Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency 2008 - View 216 institutions with 4752 reports
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AVAP - Valencian Agency for Assessment and Forecasting 2022 - View 46 institutions with 99 reports
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Unibasq - Agency for Quality of the Basque University System 2014 - View 37 institutions with 373 reports
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madri+d - Fundación para el Conocimiento Madrimasd 2015 - View 148 institutions with 1944 reports
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ACQUIN - Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute 2008 - View 2 institutions with 5 reports
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AQ Austria - Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria 2014 - View 1 institutions with 6 reports
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AQAS - Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes 2008 - View 6 institutions with 15 reports
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 6 institutions with 104 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 - View 12 institutions with 24 reports
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HCERES - High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education 2010 - View 3 institutions with 71 reports
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IEP - Institutional Evaluation Programme 2009 - View 1 institutions with 2 reports
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MusiQuE - Music Quality Enhancement 2015 - View 2 institutions with 2 reports
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NCEQE - National Center For Educational Quality Enhancement 2019 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders 2008 - View 4 institutions with 28 reports
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ZEvA - Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency 2008 - View 1 institutions with 3 reports