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The Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA)Karolina Martyniak
PKA was established in 2002 on the basis of HE Act
PKA is the only statutory body for quality assessment and accreditation in Poland
PKA acts independently for enhancement of the quality of education
PKA decisions are legally binding
(…) The primary objective of the Committee is to
support Polish public and non-public higher
education institutions in the development of
educational standards matching the best
models adopted in the European and global
academic space. (…)
Presentation to the minister responsible for higher education opinions and proposals concerning:
assessment of programmes and institution (since 1st October 2011),
establishing a higher education institution and granting it an authorisation to provide degree programmes;
extending a permit for a non-public higher education institution;
establishing a unit abroad by a Polish higher education institution;
establishing a higher education institution based on the territory of the Republic of Poland by a foreign higher education institution.
PresidiumPresident Secretary General
HumanitiesFine Arts
Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
Economics
Plenary meeting
Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences
Medical Sciences
Social Sciences and Law
Physical Education
Military
Characteristic features of assessment no costs, obligatory nature, universality, cyclical nature and uniformity of the
procedures applied to all assessed programmes or units.
6 weeks
8 weeks since recieving the report
6 weeks since the site-visit
3 weeks since recieving the report
6 weeks since the response
Preparation of the self-assesment report
Apponitment of the panel of experts
Site-visit
Preparation of the site-visit report
Sending the report to the institution
Response for the report
The Section for the Fields of Studies opinion
The Presidium resolution
Presenting the resolution to the minister
Appointment of the fields of studies for assesment in the academic year
2 weeks since the resolution
4 weeks since the Section opinion
The Minister of Science and Higher Education revokes or suspends the right to offer courses or degree programmes.
The Presidium resolution includes improvement recommendations with their implementation deadlines; another evaluation after 1 year.
Next evaluation after 2-6 years, earlier if there are reasons to do so.
Next evaluation after 8 years, earlier if there are reasons to do so.It brings additional subsidy.
Negative Conditional Positive Outstanding
International activity
According to the Law on HE:
„Committee may cooperate with national and international institutions and organizations acting in HE area, specifically including those, involving in assessment and accreditation of the quality of education”.
Full member: European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in
Higher Education (INQAAHE) European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher
Education (ENQA) Central And Eastern European Network of Quality
Assurance Agencies In Higher Education (CEENQA) Since 2009 registered in European Quality Assurance
Register for Higher Education (EQAR)
Bilateral agreements Armenian Accreditation Agency ANQA (National Center
for Professional Education Quality Assurance, Foundation)
Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education SKVC
Austrian Accreditation Committee ÖAR (Österreicher Akkreditierungsrat)
Nederlands Accreditation Committee NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie)
Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA)
Introduction of institutional assesment
Assesment of PhD studies and non-degree postgradate programmes
Assesment in reality of NQF
Re-assesment of PKA
