We evaluate higher education institutions and degree programmes, thereby enabling state recognition. In addition, we conduct voluntary accreditations in Austria and abroad.

We audit quality management systems at universities, universities of applied sciences, and teacher education institutions. Through the audit, we certify the internal quality management system.

We advise universities, higher education institutions, and research organizations on issues of quality development, quality assurance, and quality management, and we conduct evaluations through peer-review procedures both nationally and internationally.

As a notification office pursuant to § 27 HS-QSG, we carry out statutory notification procedures for foreign degree programs, thereby creating transparency and providing information.

We analyse quality-related topics in higher education and publish studies and analyses. In doing so, we provide impulses for the entire higher education system and its stakeholders.

We regularly publish the results of our activities in the form of reports, recommendations, and studies. Our publications provide broad public guidance within the Austrian and European higher education area.

We organise conferences and workshops on current higher education topics. In this way, we promote exchange and networking in the field of quality assurance and development in higher education.

We contribute our expertise to national and international projects and are members of relevant networks on quality assurance and quality development in higher education.