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Table 3 Table of accreditation agencies included in this study, by country

From: Global trends in medical education accreditation

Country

Accreditation agency

Afghanistan

Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE)

Albania

Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education—ASCAL (Previously Public Agency for accreditation of Higher Education (PAAHE))

Algeria

National Accreditation Committee (CNH)

Angola

None

Anguilla

CAAM-HP

ACCM

Antigua and Barbuda

CAAM-HP

Antigua and Barbuda National Accreditation Board

Argentina

CONEAU

Armenia

ANQA

Aruba

ACCM

Australia

Australian Medical Council

Austria

AQ Austria

Azerbaijan

Education Quality Assurance Agency (Təhsildə Keyfiyyət Təminatı Agentliyinə) (MOE)

Bahrain

Bahrain Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA)

National Authority of Qualifications and Quality Assurance for Education and Training

Bangladesh

NQAB (National Quality Assurance Body)/QAS (Quality Assurance Scheme)

Barbados

CAAM-HP

Barbados Accreditation Council

Belarus

Education Quality Assurance Department under the Ministry of Education

Belgium (Flanders only)

The Netherlands-Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO)*

Belize

Ministry of Education

Benin

None

Bolivia

IAI (created by PAFAMS)

Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de Carreras Universitarias (National Commission of Evaluation and Accreditation of University Professions)

Bonaire

NVAO

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance

Botswana

Botswana Health Professions Council

Brazil

Accreditation System of Medicine Courses in Brazil (SAEME)

National System of Evaluation of Higher Education (SINAES)/INEP

Bulgaria

National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency—check in EQAR/DEQAR

Burkina Faso

None

Burundi

East Africa Community (EAC)

National Commission for Higher Education (CNES)

Cambodia

Accreditation Council of Cambodia

Cameroon

Ministry of Education University Accreditation And Quality Department (DAUQ)

Canada

Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS)

Cayman Islands

ACCM

Central African Republic

None

Chad

None

Chile

Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA) (National Commission for Accreditation)

Acreditadora de Chile

China

Working Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Education

Colombia

Consejo Nacional de Acreditación (National Council of Accreditation) (CNA)

Comoros

None

Congo, DRC

None

Congo, Republic

None

Cook Islands

None

Costa Rica

COMAEM

(SINAES) Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (National System for Higher Education Accreditation)

Institutional Evaluation Programme (IEP)

Côte d'Ivoire

None

Croatia

Agency for Science and Higher Education (AZVO)

Cuba

(SEA-CU) System of Evaluation and Accreditation of University Careers/SUPRA/(JAN) Junta de Acreditación Nacional

Curacao

ACCM

CAAM-HP

Cyprus

The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (DI.P.A.E.) (CYQAA)

Czech Republic

ASIIN

National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education (NAB)

Denmark

Danish Accreditation Institution

Djibouti

None

Dominica

ACCM

Medical Board of Dominica/Ministry of Health

Dominican Republic

CAAM-HP

MESCyT

Ecuador

(CACES) Consejo de Evaluación, Acreditación y Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (Board of Assessment, Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education) (CEAACES)/Consejo de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superio (CACES)

Egypt

National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)

El Salvador

Comisión de Acreditación de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (Commission of Accreditation of the Quality of Higher Education)

Eritrea

None

Estonia

Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA)

Ethiopia

Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA)

Fiji

FHEC

Educational Quality and Assessment Programme/Secretariat of the Pacific Community (EQAP)

Finland

Finnish Education Evaluation Center (FINEEC)

France

HCERES—High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education

Gabon

None

Gambia

National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Authority (NAQAA)

Georgia

National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE)

ASIIN

Germany

AAQ (Swiss)

ASIIN

Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat

AQAS

ACQUIN

Ghana

National Accreditation Board

Greece

Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency

Grenada

CAAM-HP

Grenada Medical and Dental Council

Grenada National Accreditation Board

Guadeloupe

None

Guatemala

None

Guinea

None

Guinea Bissau

None

Guyana

CAAM-HP

National Accreditation Council

Haiti

None

Honduras

Consejo de Educacion Superior

Hong Kong

Medical Council of Hong Kong/Education and Accreditation Committee

Hungary

Hungarian Accreditation Committee

Iceland

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture

Quality Board for Icelandic Higher Education

India

National Assessment and Accreditation Council

Indonesia

Indonesian Accreditation Agency for Higher Education in Health (IAAHEH/LAM—PTKes)

ASIIN

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (BAN-PT)

Iran

Secretariat of the Council for Undergraduate Medical Education (part of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education)

Iraq

National Council for Accreditation of Medical Colleges (NCAMC)/Apparatus of Supervision and Scientific Evaluation (ASSE)

Ireland

Irish Medical Council

Israel

Council for Higher Education

Italy

National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes

Jamaica

CAAM-HP

Japan

Japan Accreditation Council for Medical Education (JACME)

Japan University Accreditation Association

Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluation

Jordan

ACCM

Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institution (AQACHEI)

Higher Education Accreditation Commission

Kazakhstan

Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR)

Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA)

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

Independent Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agency in Education (IQAA)

Kenya

East Africa Community (EAC)

Commission for University Education

Kosovo

Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA)

Kuwait

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

National Bureau for Academic Accreditation & Education Quality Assurance (NBAQ)

Private Universities Council (PUC)

Kyrgyzstan

IAAR

National Accreditation Council

Independent Agency for the Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations (AAEPO)

Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA)

Agency for Quality Assurance in Education "EdNet"

Independent Accreditation Agency "Bilim—Standart" (n.d.); Independent Accreditation Agency "El Baasy" (n.d)

Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)

ESQAC (Education Standards and Quality Assurance Center)/CEQA (Center for Quality Assurance)

AUN-QA

Latvia

Quality Agency for Higher Education of the Academic Information Center

Lebanon

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

MoHE

Liberia

National Commission on Higher Education

Libya

National Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Educational and Training Institutions (NCQAA)

Lithuania

Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC)

Macau, S.A.R. China

Higher Education Bureau Tertiary Education Services Office

Madagascar

None

Malawi

National Council of Higher Education

Malaysia

Malaysian Qualifications Agency

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

Maldives

Maldives Medical and Dental Council

Maldives Qualifications Authority

Mali

None

Malta

ASIIN

National Commission for Further and Higher Education (NCFHE)

Mauritania

None

Mauritius

Tertiary Education Commission

Mexico

Consejo Mexicano para la Acreditación de la Educación Médica (COMAEM) (Mexican Board for Accreditation of Medical Education)

ASIIN

IAI

Micronesia

None

Moldova

IAAR

Mongolia

ASIIN

The National Council for Education Accreditation

Montenegro

Agency for Quality Control and Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Montserrat

CAAM-HP

Morocco

National Agency of Assessment and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Scientific Research (ANEAQ)

Mozambique

National Council on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (CNAQ)

Myanmar

Myanmar Medical Council

National Accreditation & Quality Assurance Committee (NAQAC) Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education

Namibia

Health Professions Council of Namibia Education and Training Quality Assurance Department

Namibia Qualifications Agency

Nepal

Nepal Medical Council

Netherlands

The Netherlands-Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO)

New Zealand

Medical Council of New Zealand (together with the Australian Medical Council)

Nicaragua

Consejo Nacioncal de Evaluacion y Acreditacion (CNEA)

Niger

None

Nigeria

National Universities Commission

North Korea

None

North Macedonia

Board for Accreditation and Evaluation

Norway

Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)

Oman

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA)

Pakistan

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

Higher Education Commission

Palestinian Authority

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission (AQAC)

Panama

(CONEAUPA) National Council for the Evaluation and Accreditation of University Education in Panama (Consejo Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria de Panamá)

Instituto Acreditación Internacional (IAI)

Papua New Guinea

Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST)

Paraguay

Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de la Educación Superior (National Agency of Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education) (ANEAES)

Peru

(SINEACE) National System for Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of Educational Quality

Philippines

Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

Commission on Higher Education

Poland

University Commission for the Quality of Medical Education (UKJKKL)

Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA)

Portugal

Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)

Puerto Rico

LCME

Qatar

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

Romania

ASIIN

Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS)

Russia

Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR)

ASIIN

National Accreditation Agency (NAA)

National Centre for Public Accreditation (NCPA)

Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development (AKKORK)

Rwanda

Rwanda Medical Dental Council

Higher Education Council

Saba

The Netherlands-Flemish Accreditation Organization (NVAO)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

ACCM

CAAM-HP

Saint Lucia

CAAM-HP

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ACCM

 

CAAM-HP

Samoa

Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)

Saudi Arabia

National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA)

Ministry of Education—Higher Education

Senegal

None

Serbia

ASIIN

(NAT) National Body for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education/(KAPK) Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Sierra Leone

None

Singapore

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

Sint Maarten

Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM)

Slovakia

(SAAVS) Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education/Accreditation Commission

Slovenia

Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Somalia

None

South Africa

HPCSA

Higher Education Quality Committee/Council of Higher Education

South Korea

Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation (KIMEE)

South Sudan

East Africa Community (EAC)

Spain

Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA) (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation)

Sri Lanka

Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission

Sudan

Sudan Medical Council (SMC)

Accreditation Committee for Accreditation of Medical Schools (formed jointly by the Higher Education Ministry Committee and the Sudan Medical Council)

Suriname

Nationaal Orgaan voor Accreditatie (NOVA)

Sweden

Swedish Higher Education Authority

Switzerland

Swiss Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ) (Swiss Accreditation Council of the FDHA)

Syria

Ministry of Higher Education

Taiwan

Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council

Tajikistan

IAAR

Tanzania

East Africa Community (EAC)

Tanzanian Commission for Universities

Thailand

Institute for Medical Education Accreditation (IMEAC)

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

Office of the Higher Education Commission

Togo

None

Trinidad and Tobago

CAAM-HP

Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT)

Tunisia

National Evaluation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Authority

Turkey

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Medical Education Programs (TEPDAD) Tıp Eğitimi Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği

Turkmenistan

Ministry of Education

Uganda

East Africa Community (EAC)

Uganda National Council for Higher Education

Ukraine

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance

United Arab Emirates

Commission for Academic Accreditation

United Kingdom

GMC Education Committee

United States

Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA), American Osteopathic Association

Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)

Uruguay

ARCU-SUR

Uzbekistan

State Testing Center

Venezuela

None

Viet Nam

Ministry of Education and Training Department of Education Testing and Accreditation

Center for Education Accreditation, Viet Nam National University Ha Noi (VNU-CEA)

Centre for Education Accreditation of the Association of Vietnam Universities and Colleges (CEA-AVU&C)

IIG Viet Nam

International Council for Higher Education Accreditation (ICHEA)

ASEAN University Network—QA (AUN-QA)

Yemen

None

Zambia

Health Professions Council of Zambia

Zimbabwe

None

  1. Information was accurate and confirmed as of August 1, 2020