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Press release HERAS Plus Project supports the KAA with Guidelines for External Accreditation of HEI’s and Study Programmes Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and the Project Higher Education, Research and Applied Sciences Plus presented the Guidelines for External Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions and Study Programmes, an Induction and training Manual developed to provide practice-based guidelines to the international evaluation experts assigned to conduct an external evaluation of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Kosovo on behalf of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA). The Manual is vital as the Agency will use it to provide experts with formal training in relevant topics [...]

Project funded by the U.S. Embassy supports KAA to meet the criteria for the return to ENQA On Tuesday, Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and WUS Kosova held a Virtual Conference on "Challenges of implementing ESG standards by higher education institutions in Kosovo", funded by the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, through the University Support Grants Program. Professor Dukagjin Zeka, a member of the State Quality of Council, highlighted that "the return of KAA to ENQA is one of our main priorities". “Kosovo Accreditation Agency in the last year has approved a dynamic plan for the implementation of all criteria that enable a [...]

Following the successful completion of the institutional evaluation process, on Tuesday at the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, the Kosovo Accreditation Agency started the process of evaluation of academic programs. In the accreditation process 2021, there are 240 academic programs of all higher education institutions in the Republic of Kosovo which are being evaluated by renowned international experts. KAA remains committed to conclude this process within the foreseen timeline.

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) and the members of the State Council of Quality (SCQ), after a consultative meeting held on Friday, 05.02.2021, inform all higher education institutions in the Republic of Kosovo that the Agency continues the process of evaluation for institutional and academic programs accreditation. The recent resignations from the SCQ, at this phase, have no impact on the current activities of the Accreditation Agency. Kosovo Accreditation Agency remains hopeful that local institutions and international partners, in accordance with the legal framework, will contribute to filling the positions foreseen for international members of the SCQ, which will restore the full [...]