The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) was
launched in 2008 in a move designed to improve the quality of European
higher education and to promote greater student mobility. The register
is a landmark for European cooperation in quality assurance of higher
education in the context of the Bologna process reforms.
Under
the mandate of Education Ministers from the 46 countries taking part in
the
Bologna
process, the
EQAR
register has been established by the “E4 Group” comprising the
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA),
the European Students Union (ESU), the European University Association
(EUA) and the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
(EURASHE).
The
register
(EQAR) aims to provide clear and objective information about
trustworthy quality assurance agencies that are working in Europe. It
also aims to help improve the quality of European higher education and
to promote greater student mobility by increasing trust between higher
education institutions. The register will provide a means for HE
institutions (where national regulations permit) to choose between
different agencies on the register.
Please click
here to find out more
about the register.