France
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
- View 300 institutions with 9294 reports
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Membership in EQARFrance has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since February 2008.
Read more: all Governmental Members of EQAR
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National external quality assurance requirements
There are three main categories (in terms of numbers) of higher education institutions (HEIs) in France: public universities, the « Grandes Écoles » (such as prestigious schools of engineering, or business and management), and schools of art and architecture. The « Grandes Écoles » are either public or private HEIs that are typically smaller in size compared to universities.
All legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the French educational system are incorporated in a single reference document, the education code (see below weblink to Code de l'éducation - in French).
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Evaluations of higher education institutions
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Review of disciplinary ‘fields’
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Evaluation of sites using a ‘top-down approach’
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Evaluation of doctoral schools
are carried out every 5 years.
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Cross-border quality assurance
In France under certain conditions higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency.
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Eligibility requirements for foreign agencies: N/A
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Conditions for the agencies’ work (e.g. criteria to be used): criteria and procedures for external quality assurance must be validated by the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES).
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Recognition of reviews carried out by foreign agencies: HCERES checks the external quality assurance activity, whether it corresponds to the national qualifications framework and whether the foreign quality assurance has effectively involved students in the review.
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 France the European Approach is available to higher education institutions under certain conditions.
The European Approach could be used subject to the general conditions for recognising QA results of EQAR-registered agencies, as described above.
Read more: countries where the European Approach is available to higher education institutions
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in France
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CTI - Engineering Degree Commission 2009 - View 88 institutions with 1470 reports
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HCERES - High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education 2010 - View 268 institutions with 7802 reports
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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 2 institutions with 2 reports
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 12 institutions with 17 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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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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ECCE - European Council on Chiropractic Education 2013 - 2016