Guidelines and Regulations

• Accreditation Decree of Private Higher Education 2024 (valid from 15.01.2025)
• Accreditation Decree of Universities of Applied Sciences 2024 (valid from 15.01.2025)

• Specification of academic degrees for University of Applied Sciences degree programs (in German)

• Annual Reports Decree of Universities of Applied Sciences 2025 (valid from 01.04.2025)
• Annex Annual Reports Decree of Universities of Applied Sciences 2025, Excel File (valid from 01.04.2025)

• Annual Reports Decree of Private Higher Education 2025 (valid from 01.04.2025)

• European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes (valid from 20.09.2016)

• 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)

• Ordinance of the Higher Education Council of 28 May 2015 on Accreditation within the Higher Education Sector
• Guideline for institutional accreditation according to HFKG (in German)

• 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 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) 

• § 27-Notification Decree 2024 (valid from November 20, 2024)
• § 27-Data Reporting Decree (valid from July 3, 2019)

The rules of procedure of the AQ Austria committees can be found here. (in German)