Country | Accreditation agency |
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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 |