Italy
- European Higher Education Area - EHEA
- View 7 institutions with 10 reports
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Membership in EQARItaly has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since June 2018.
Read more: all Governmental Members of EQAR
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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).
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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).
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Institutional accreditation
Takes place every five year. -
Programme accreditation
Takes place every three year.
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Cross-border quality assurance
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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
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Further information
Registered agencies operating in Italy
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AQ Austria - Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria 2014 -
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ASIIN - ASIIN e.V. 2008 - View 4 institutions with 6 reports
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EAEVE - European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education 2018 -
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IEP - Institutional Evaluation Programme 2009 - 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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XMAS - Santa Claus' Accreditation Agency 2020 - View 1 institutions with 1 reports
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EAPAA - European Association for Public Administration Accreditation 2014 - 2018