European Association For Quality Assurance in Higher Education

The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) came into being in 2000 as the European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. In 2004 it was transformed from a network into an association.

Membership of the association is open to quality assurance agencies in the signatory states of the Bologna declaration. ENQA is run by a President, two Vice-Presidents along with a General Assembly of all its members.

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