Swiss Distance Education University

Identifiers
- DEQARINST0218
- CH0035
- ROR: https://ror.org/03w2cmy34
- WHED: IAU-027247
Provider type

higher education institution
Legal seat(s)

Brig, Switzerland
Further location(s)

Sierre, Switzerland
Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Website

http://www.fernuni.ch
Founding year

1992
QF-EHEA levels

second cycle, first cycle
Permalink

https://data.deqar.eu/institution/218/

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

Programme accreditation
voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
Institutional accreditation
Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland