HAHE - Hellenic Authority for Higher Education

  • Substantial compliance with the ESG

Information on the agency's work

HAHE is an independent administrative authority and its mission is to ensure high quality in HE. It is governed by Law 4653/2020 and is the continuation of the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA), which was established in 2006. The Authority has administrative autonomy and is supervised by the Minister of Education, who exercises oversight control of legality.
HAHE, in the context of its mission:
a) Contributes to the formation and implementation of the national strategy for HE and the distribution of financing for HEIs and
b) Evaluates and accredits the operational quality of HEIs.

To fulfil its mission, HAHE maintains an integrated information system for the management of HE data and cooperates with international networks and agencies that are active in any domain related to its mission.

Activities within the scope of ESG

  • Academic accreditation of the study programmes (QF-EHEA first and second cycle) of the Greek HEIs
    Documentation
  • Accreditation of the internal quality assurance systems of the Greek HEIs
    Documentation

Higher education systems where HAHE carried out external QA activities

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