Audit
We conduct audits at Austrian universities, universities of applied sciences and university colleges of teacher education. An audit is carried out as a peer review procedure at the end of which the internal quality management system of a university or other higher education institution is certified.
The audit of AQ Austria
- aims at certifying the internal quality management system of your institution,
- complies with the requirements of the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG),
- focusses on further enhancement of quality management,
- ensures maximum openness by using five broad standards to bring out the specific features of your institution's quality management.
Our mission statement
- We are specialists in the context of Austrian higher education, who work in accordance with international standards and take into consideration examples of good practice.
- We respect the autonomy of the individual universities and higher education institutions for designing an internal quality management system.
- We consider each audit as a process which is based on the partnership between university or higher education institution, peers and AQ Austria.
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Audit guideline
Further services
Audits in cooperation: Upon request, we offer the organisation of joint audits in cooperation with EQ-Arts (Enhancing Quality in the Arts) for audits at universities of arts as well as in cooperation with MusiQuE (Music Quality Enhancement) for audits at universities of music.
Another agency is conducting the audit, but you need someone to support in the preparation phase, for your self-evaluation or to implement conditions? We are happy to advise you!