Czech Republic
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
- View 7 institutions with 11 reports
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Membership in EQARCzech Republic has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since January 2013.
Read more: all Governmental Members of EQAR
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General information on higher education
Higher education institutions are public, state and private. Under the Higher Education Act, they are classified as university type which offer study programmes at all three levels of higher education and non-university type which offer mainly bachelor’s programmes but may also provide master’s programmes.
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National external quality assurance requirements
According to the Act of Higher Education (see link below) every higher education institution is expected to develop its own internal quality evaluation system. The external evaluation of higher education institutions and the quality of their accredited programmes is carried out by the Accreditation Commission of the Czech Republic (formerly known as National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education.
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Accreditation of study programmes
granted for a period of up to ten years. Rejected application for accreditation can be resubmited after two years -
Institutional accreditation
granted for a period of ten years or five years (if the previous application of the higher education institution was rejected). Higher education institution that were awarded institutional accreditation within a field are authorised to approve their own study programmes within the accreditated field. (see below Government Regulation No. 274/2016 on standards for accreditation in higher education).
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Cross-border quality assurance
In Czech Republic under certain conditions higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
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Conditions for the agencies’ work (e.g. criteria to be used): n/a
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Recognition of reviews carried out by foreign agencies: The Accreditation Commission of the Czech Republic may use the results of quality evaluations of the higher education institution carried out by an EQAR-registered agency (see below Government Regulation No. 274/2016 on standards for accreditation in higher 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 Czech Republic the European Approach is not 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 Czech Republic
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ACPUA - Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education 2016 -
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AQAS - Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes 2008 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 1 institutions with 2 reports
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BAC - British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education 2015 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 -
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FIBAA - Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation 2008 -
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IEP - Institutional Evaluation Programme 2009 - View 4 institutions with 6 reports
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MusiQuE - Music Quality Enhancement 2015 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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EAPAA - European Association for Public Administration Accreditation 2014 - 2018