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THE DANISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

Quality assurance

The standard and quality of educational provision lity and relevance standards. For all institutions
in the Danish higher education system are assured of higher education, accreditation is mandatory
by a number of elements, including: and a precondition for attaining public funding
based on the 2013 Act on the Accreditation of
– Common rules and guidelines (curricula) Institutions of Higher Education. The Danish Qua-
specifying the aims, contents and duration lifications Framework has been incorporated into
of programmes and individual subjects. the quality criteria of the accreditation system.
– Testing and examination system, with the use The Act changes the system of accreditation from
of national boards of external examiners. programme accreditation to institution accredi-
tation. Institutions with a positive institution ac-
– Ministerial approval of provision and inspec- creditation are entitled to establish and offer new
tion in a varying degree within the different study programmes after these have been pre-qua-
education areas. lified and approved. Institutions that have not yet
obtained a positive institution accreditation still
– Accreditation of higher education institutions need to have their study programmes accredited
by the Danish Accreditation Institution. by the Danish Accreditation Institution (AI).

Denmark has, as part of the Bologna Process, im- Within the area of higher education, the Danish
plemented the European Standards and Guideli- Evaluation Institute (EVA) conducts different ty-
nes (ESG) for the quality assurance of the higher pes of cross-sectoral evaluations that can contri-
educations, and all public higher education study bute new knowledge and lead to development
programmes must meet these international qua- in the sector.

For more information, please see www.eva.dk and www.akkr.dk.

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