National and international links

National addresses

Federal authorities

Federal authorities of the Swiss Confederation
www.admin.ch

Swiss Department of Home Affairs (EDI)
www.edi.admin.ch

State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)
www.sbf.admin.ch

Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
www.bbt.admin.ch

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BfS)
www.statistik.admin.ch

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National institutions involved in education, training, research, universities

Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SKBF)
www.skbf-csre.ch

Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK)
www.edk.ch

Swiss University Conference (SUK/CUS)
www.cus.ch

Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)
www.crus.ch

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
www.snf.ch

Swiss Science and Technology Council (SSTC)
www.swtr.ch

Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology,
ETH Board
www.ethrat.ch

Swiss Academy of the Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW)
www.sagw.ch

Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW)
www.samw.ch

Swiss Academy of Sciences (SANW)
www.sanw.ch

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)
www.satw.ch

Federal Commission for Universities of Applied Sciences (EFHK)
www.bbt.admin.ch/fachhoch/efhk/e/

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Student organizations

Association of Swiss Student Groups (VSS)
www.vss-unes.ch

Verband der Schweizerischen Hochschulstudierendenschaften (VSH)
www.aes-vsh.ch

Accreditationpool
www.vss-unes.ch/d/akkreditierungspool.html

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Institutes of higher education

Universities and Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
www.switch.ch/de/edu/educ_orgs.html

Universities of Applied Sciences
www.switch.ch/edu/fh.html

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International links

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Education
www.oecd.org

Europarat - Higher Education
http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/HigherEducation/Default_en.asp

UNESCO - Higher Education Portal
portal.unesco.org/

World Trade Organisation - General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/serv_e/serv_e.htm

International Association of Universities (IAU)
www.unesco.org/iau

European University Association (EUA)
www.eua.be

European Students' Union (ESU)
www.esib.org

Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (CLUSTER)
www.cluster.org

Euridyce – the information network on education in Europe
www.eurydice.org

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
www.enqa.eu

European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA)
www.ecaconsortium.net

International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)
www.inqaahe.nl

Joint Quality Initiative (JQI)
www.jointquality.org

Joint Network of European National Information Centres (ENIC) and National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARIC)
www.enic-naric.net

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Selected profession-specific links

World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Health Sciences
www.wfme.org

Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
Association of American Medical Colleges
www.lcme.org

The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
www.aspher.org

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
www.abet.org

European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
www.efmd.org

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Links by country

Austria

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
www.bmbwk.gv.at/start.asp

Österreichische Rektorenkonferenz – Bereich Evaluation
www.reko.ac.at

Österreichischer Fachhochschulrat
www.fhr.ac.at

Österreichischer Akkreditierungsrat
www.akkreditierungsrat.at

Akademisches Portal Österreich
www.portal.ac.at

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Belgium

Conseil des recteurs des universités francophones (CREF)
www.cref.be

Conseil Interuniversitaire de la Communauté française de Belgique (CIUF)
www.cfwb.be/ciuf/

Direction générale de l’enseignement non obligatoire et de la recherche scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique)
www.enseignement.be/infosup/

Ministère flamand de l’Education
www.ond.vlaanderen.be

Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR)
www.vlir.be

Vlaamse Hogescholenraad (VHLORA)
www.vlhora.be

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Denmark

Danish Ministry of Education
www.uvm.dk

Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
www.videnskabsministeriet.dk

Danish Rectors’ Conference
www.rks.dk

Danish Evaluation Institute (EVA)
www.eva.dk

Recognition of foreign qualifications CIRIUS
www.ciriusonline.dk/recognition

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Finland

Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC)
www.finheec.fi

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France

Ministère de l’Education
www.education.gouv.fr

Comité national d’évaluation (CNE)
www.cne-evaluation.fr

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Germany

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
www.bmbf.de

Deutscher Wissenschaftsrat
www.wissenschaftsrat.de

Deutsche Hochschulrektorenkonferenz – Projekt Q
www.hrk.de

Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE)
www.che.de

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Evaluation
www.degeval.de

Deutscher Akkreditierungsrat
www.akkreditierungsrat.de

Akkreditierungs-, Certifizierungs- und Qualitätssicherungs-Institut (ACQUIN)
www.acquin.org

Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen (AQAS)
www.aqas.de

Netzwerk Qualitätssicherung und Qualitätsentwicklung an deutschen Hochschulen (EvaNet)
evanet.his.de/evanet/index.html

Verbund Norddeutscher Universitäten
www.uni-nordverbund.de/html/2pro/2akkr.html

Zentrale Evaluations- und Akkreditierungsagentur Hannover (ZEVA)
www.zeva.uni-hannover.de

Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)
www.fibaa.de

Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge im Bereich Heilpädagogik, Pflege, Gesundheit und Soziale Arbeit e.V. (AHPGS)
www.ahpgs.de

Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik (ASIIN)
www.asiin.de

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Italy

Comitato nazionale per la valutazione del sistema universitario (CNVSU)
www.cnvsu.it

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Netherlands

Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO)
www.nvao.net

Association of Universities in Netherlands (VSNU)
www.vsnu.nl

The Association of Universities of Professional Education (HBO-raad)
www.hbo-raad.nl

Platform van Aangewezen/Erkende Particuliere Onderwijsinstellingen in Nederland (PAEPON)
www.paepon.nl

Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education (Nuffic)
www.nuffic.nl/index-en.html

CHEPS (Center for Higher Education Policy Studies)
www.utwente.nl/cheps

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Sweden

Ministry of Education and Science
www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2063

National Agency for Higher Education
www.hsv.se

Association of Swedish Higher Education
www.suhf.se/english.asp?lang=en&id=10

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Spain

Agencia nacional de evaluacion de la calidad (ANECA)
www.aneca.es

United Kingdom

Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)
www.qaa.ac.uk

Universities UK
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk

Higher Education Funding Council for England
www.hefce.ac.uk

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
www.shefc.ac.uk

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
www.hesa.ac.uk

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USA

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
www.chea.org

enter for Quality Assurance in International Education
www.cqaie.org

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