Azerbaijan

• Governmental membership
  Azerbaijan has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since March 2015.

  Map: EHEA countries by governmental membership

• General information on higher education

  The establishment and operation of both state and private educational institutions is monitored by the Ministry of Education and competent authorities. Any educational institution should receive a special permit (license) in order to provide educational activities.

• National external quality assurance requirements

  The status of an educational institution and its programmes is decided by Accreditation Council on the basis of a set of agreed accreditation requirements and criteria. The Council is governed by the Minister of Education and consists of the deputy directors of the Accreditation Department including senior secretaries and other experts from the field of education. If accredited the institution receives a certificate of quality (see below 'The order of accreditation of educational institutions', § 5.3).

  • Institutional and programme accreditation
    Accreditation carried out every 5 years or every 3 years in case of transnational education providers.

• EHEA key commitment

  Not aligned to the ESG

  A quality assurance system is in operation nationwide, but has not (yet) been fully aligned to the ESG

  Map: implementation of the EHEA key commitment

• Cross-border quality assurance

  Not recognising foreign agencies as part of the national external QA requirements

  Map: recognition of cross-border quality assurance

• European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

  European Approach not available to higher education institutions

  Map: availability of the European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

• Permalink
  https://data.deqar.eu/country/11
• Further information

  • The order of accreditation of higher education institutions (in Russian)

  • Ministry responsible for higher education

  • Enic Naric

  • Azerbaijan - European Higher Education Area

Registered agencies operating in Azerbaijan