Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance
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The Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance is Switzerland’s national body responsible for evaluating and accrediting higher education institutions and ensuring the quality of their academic programs.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swiss Accreditation Council | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accreditation agency
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national agency ⓘ quality assurance agency ⓘ |
| aim |
enhancing transparency in higher education quality
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ensuring quality of academic programs in Switzerland ⓘ promoting continuous improvement in higher education ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| followsStandard | European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
assuring comparability of Swiss higher education quality in Europe
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supporting international recognition of Swiss degrees ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | AAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Switzerland ⓘ |
| memberOf | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedField |
educational accreditation
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higher education policy ⓘ quality assurance in education ⓘ |
| responsibility |
accreditation of higher education institutions in Switzerland
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evaluation of higher education institutions ⓘ quality assurance in Swiss higher education ⓘ |
| scope | Swiss higher education institutions ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| stakeholder |
Swiss Confederation
NERFINISHED
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Swiss cantons NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss higher education institutions ⓘ students in Switzerland ⓘ |
| task |
accreditation of other higher education institutions recognized in Switzerland
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accreditation of universities ⓘ accreditation of universities of applied sciences ⓘ accreditation of universities of teacher education ⓘ assessment of internal quality assurance systems of higher education institutions ⓘ external quality evaluation of study programs ⓘ |
| typeOfAccreditation |
institutional accreditation
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program accreditation ⓘ |
| website | https://aaq.ch ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Swiss universities
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Swiss universities of applied sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss universities of teacher education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Swiss Accreditation Council