Akreditimi

On 10 September 2025, at the premises of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Prof. Hasnije Ilazi, and the Director General, Mr. Naim Gashi, received the Ambassador of Croatia to Kosovo, H.E. Danijela Barišić. The KAA leadership expressed their gratitude to the Ambassador for Croatia’s continuous support in helping the Agency meet European standards for membership in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Ambassador Barišić congratulated the KAA leadership on the Agency’s accession to EQAR, describing it as a major achievement for the Republic of Kosovo, for KAA, and for [...]

Two senior officials of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Ms. Kaltrina Hyseni and Ms. Leona Barbatovci, participated in the seminar organized by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) on the topic “European Dimension of Quality Assurance”, held on 9 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, at the Royal Library of Belgium. This seminar gathered representatives from quality assurance agencies and institutions across Europe to discuss the latest developments in higher education quality assurance policies and practices. The key topics included the Bologna Process, the European Commission’s priorities in higher education, the role of key stakeholder organizations in the [...]

We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Aleksandar Šušnjar as keynote 2 speaker at 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. ”Importance of ESG Compliance at the National and International Level” will be the 2nd keynote of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. This session will be moderated by Mr. Olgun Cicek, INQAAHE Board Director, Turkey

We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Doris Herrmann & Mr. Peter Levente Lakatos as keynote 1 speakers at 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. “Building Trust in European Higher Education – Quality Assurance, Internationalization and Emerging Trends in the EHEA” will be the 1st keynote of the 3rd KAA Annual Conference 2025. This session will be moderated by Ms. Danijela Horvatek Tomić, Director, The Agency for Science and Higher Education, Croatia

On August 28, 2025, the President of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), Professor Hasnije Ilazi, and the Director General of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), Mr. Naim Gashi, welcomed a delegation from the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, composed of Ms. Rebecca Satterfield, Deputy Public Affairs Officer, and Ms. Remzije Potoku, Education Policy Specialist. The meeting was also attended by Ms. Lenda Hyseni, Head of the Division for Evaluation and Accreditation, and Ms. Fjollë Ajeti, KAA’s Coordinator for membership in the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in the United States. Professor Ilazi expressed her gratitude to the U.S. Embassy delegation [...]

At its 141st regular meeting held on August 21, 2025, the State Council of Quality (SCQ) started the process of reviewing applications for institutional and program accreditation for the year 2026. In total, six applications for institutional accreditation and applications for program accreditation of nine higher education institutions were addressed. During the meeting, decisions were made regarding requests and appeals from higher education institutions. At the same time, the monitoring report of HEIs’ websites was also presented. As a regular agenda item, the SCQ also discussed the progress in organizing the annual conference on higher education in Kosovo, which will be [...]

On 31 July 2025, the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) successfully concluded the academic staff declaration process via the electronic platform E-Akreditimi, in full compliance with the obligations arising from the Law on KAA. Between 1 and 31 July 2025, a total of 2,983 academic staff members from all higher education institutions in the Republic of Kosovo successfully completed their declarations through the platform. This process was technically supported by the State Agency for Information (ASHI), which manages and maintains the digital infrastructure and servers of the “E-Akreditimi” platform. Moreover, the professional staff of KAA, under the leadership of Mr. Kastriot Ilazi, [...]

On 24 July 2025, the State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) held its 140th regular meeting, during which it discussed several items on the agenda. The Council reviewed and reconsidered several expert reports regarding the accreditation of study programs in various academic fields. The agenda also included the handling of several institutional and programmatic requests, as well as the review of updated documentation for specific programs. During the meeting, a number of appeals submitted by higher education institutions were also examined. The Council reviewed the decisions of the Appeals Committee and made final decisions on each [...]

Pristina, 14 July 2025 – The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has been successfully registered in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), following a positive evaluation by an independent panel of experts from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). In an official letter sent on Monday, the President of EQAR, Mr. Stéphane Lauwick, wrote to KAA’s Director General: “Dear Mr. Naim Gashi, The Register Committee has considered your application of 2024-02-02 for (renewal of) inclusion on the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR). Your application has been approved and your inclusion shall be valid until 2029-12-31. [...]

The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) has published on its official website the Regulation on Standards for the Evaluation of Doctoral (PhD) Programmes, as approved by the State Council of Quality (SCQ) during its meeting held on 30 June 2025. The regulation, now in force, will serve as the legal basis for all accreditation processes related to PhD programmes in the Republic of Kosovo. This regulation is the result of an inclusive and consultative process with higher education institutions across the country, and is fully aligned with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). The [...]