European Private Higher Education Accreditation Council
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EPQA — Education Quality Accreditation

EUROPEAN PRIVATE EDUCATION QUALITY ACCREDITATION

Quality education.
Accountable practice.

Published standards. Evidence-based review. A clearly defined scope. Quality evaluation that institutions, learners and partners can understand and verify.

Voluntary private quality accreditation · Institutions & programmes
EPQAEUROPEAN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION
ACCREDITATION COUNCIL
EPQA COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

Certificate of
Professional Competence

BACHELOR’S-LEVEL (EPQA)

Recognition of assessed professional competence
under the EPQA private competency framework.

Certificate holder’s name

PROFESSIONAL FIELD
Professional specialisation · Assessed competency modules

REFERENCEAssigned upon issue
ISSUE DATERecorded on the issued certificate
Authorised signatorySignature on issued certificate
Public verificationepqa.eu · Certificate verification
SPECIMEN · EPQA PRIVATE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK
EPQA · PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE · DESIGN SPECIMEN

THE COUNCIL

Quality commitments need evidence.

The Council is an independent professional higher education evaluation committee. EPQA evaluates governance, programme design, delivery and student protection. Each review has a defined scope, with application, review and decision-making treated separately.

Governance & impartiality ↗

QUALITY STANDARDS

From accountability to learning outcomes.

All 13 standards ↗

THE REVIEW JOURNEY

Know what happens at every stage.

Full process ↗
01

Application & processing payment

Define the operator and scope

02

Self-evaluation & evidence

Map evidence to standards

03

Review & verification

Documents, interviews and verification

04

Accreditation decision

An independent decision on findings

05

Monitoring & renewal

Improvement and status updates

PUBLIC REGISTER

Accreditation should be verifiable.

Search the institution, programme, scope and validity. The register remains empty until genuine decisions are published.

Search the register →

APPLICANTS

Prepare your application

Check eligibility, evidence and fees before confirming your review scope.

Application centre ↗

STUDENTS & PUBLIC

Questions & concerns

Understand the meaning and limits of accreditation and the route for concerns.

Appeals & complaints ↗