The ESG

The Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) were adopted by the Ministers of the European Higher Education Area (49 countries). They apply to Higher Education Institutions and to evaluation and accreditation agencies.

The ESG are listed in 3 parts:

  • European standards and guidelines for internal quality assurance within Higher Education Institutions
  • European standards and guidelines for the external quality assurance of higher education institutions and programmes
  • European standards and guidelines for the external quality assurance of agencies

The ESG, English version
The ESG, French version by the network of francophone Quality Assurance Agencies FrAQ-Sup