University of Cyprus

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

External programmatic evaluation and accreditation
Is compulsory for all programmes of study offered by higher education institutions and it takes place every five-years.
Institutional evaluation
A systematic evaluation of all higher education institutions, taking place every five years.
Departmental Evaluation
It is a compulsory evaluation for all departments at universities and it takes place every five-years. In some cases there is a concurrent evaluation of study programmes within the department carried out together with the Departmental Evaluation.
Evaluation and accreditation of a study programme
a systematic evaluation carried out every five years. For PhD programmes additional areas of assessment are included i.e. selection criteria and requirements, proposal and dissertation.
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