ANVUR - National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes

Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca

  • Substantial compliance with the ESG

Information on the agency's work

ANVUR, an ENQA affiliate since 2013, is an independent public body which oversees the quality assessment system of public and private universities. The Agency has developed its assessment criteria and procedures, based on the ESG adopted in the EHEA, as established by law 240/2010 and Decrees 19/2012 & 987/2016. The QA system, operational since 2013, provides for the self‐assessment by programmes and institutions, and an external assessment by ANVUR, based on site visits and document analysis.

Activities within the scope of ESG

  • Initial accreditation of decentralized branches of AFAM institutions and their proposed study programmes
  • Initial accreditation of new AFAM study programmes
  • Initial accreditation of new PhD programmes
  • Initial accreditation of new private AFAM institutions and their proposed study programmes;
  • Initial accreditation of new Schools of Advanced Studies and their proposed PhD programmes;
  • Initial accreditation of new Universities and their proposed study programmes
  • Initial accreditation of new University study programmes (including those offered in decentralized branches);
  • Periodic assessment of AFAM institutions and their study programmes
  • Periodic assessment of Universities and their study programmes (including PhD programmes)

Higher education systems where ANVUR carried out external QA activities

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