Italy

Membership in EQAR

Italy has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since June 2018.
Read more: all Governmental Members of EQAR
General information on higher education

Higher education in Italy is offered by universities (including polytechnics), arts and music higher education institutions (alta formazione artistica e musicale - AFAM), higher schools for language mediators (scuole superiori per mediatori linguistici - SSML) and higher technical institutes (ITS).
National external quality assurance requirements
Quality assurance in higher education is carried out through internal institutional evaluation and external evaluation by the national quality assurance agency. The system for external review (AVA) was put in place in 2013 and revised in 2016 (see Ministerial Decree 987/2016).
- Institutional accreditation
  Takes place every five year.
- Programme accreditation
  Takes place every three year.
Cross-border quality assurance
In Italy higher education institutions may not choose among EQAR-registered agencies.
Read more: countries where higher education institutions may choose a suitable EQAR-registered agency
European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

In Italy the European Approach is not available to higher education institutions.

Read more: countries where the European Approach is available to higher education institutions
Further information