Guidelines and Regulations
Accreditation in Austria
under construction!
Academic degrees for UAS degree programs
Reporting of Universities of Applied Science
under construction!
Reporting of Private Higher Education Institutions
under construction!
Accreditation of international joint study programs
- European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes (valid from 20.09.2016)
Accreditation International
- Guidelines for International Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions and Degree Programmes (Bachelor, Master and PhD) (valid from 13.03.2019)
- Guidelines for international accreditation of bachelor, Master and PhD programmes (valid from 01.07.2013 until 12.03.2019)
Accreditation in Switzerland
Accreditation in Germany
- Interstate Treaty on the organisation of a joint accreditation system to ensure the quality of teaching and learning at German higher education institutions (Interstate study accreditation treaty)
- Specimen decree pursuant to Article 4, paragraphs 1 – 4 of the interstate study accreditation treaty
- Scale of fees
Audit Guidelines
- Audit Guideline for Universities (Valid from February 10, 2021)
- Audit Guideline for Universities of Applied Sciences (Valid from February 10, 2021, in German)
- Audit Guideline for University Colleges of Teacher Educations (Valid from January 1, 2022, in German)
Notification of Foreign Degree Programmes
Rules of Procedure of AQ Austria
The rules of procedure of the AQ Austria committees can be found here. (in German)