The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)

The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is a register of quality assurance agencies operating in Europe that substantially comply with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG).

EQAR’s mission is to further the development of the European Higher Education Area by increasing the transparency of quality assurance, and thus enhancing trust and confidence in European higher education.

Objectives

The Register has been established to:

• promote student mobility by providing a basis for the increase of trust among higher education institutions;

• reduce opportunities for “accreditation mills” to gain credibility;

• provide a basis for governments to authorise higher education institutions to choose any agency from the Register, if that is compatible with national arrangements;

• provide a means for higher education institutions to choose between different agencies, if that is compatible with national arrangements;

• serve as an instrument to improve the quality of agencies and to promote mutual trust among them. 

Website: eqar.eu