At the session held on 16 December 2022, the Croatian Parliament passed the Act on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Science, which regulates the internal quality assurance and quality enhancement of higher education institutions and research institutes, the external quality evaluation of higher education institutions and research institutes, and the organisational structure and competences of the Agency for Science and Higher Education.
The new Act (Official Gazette 151/2022) replaced the Act on Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education (Official Gazette 45/2009) on 30 December 2022, so the latter is no longer in force.
The Agency conducts ex-officio thematic evaluations based on a decision taken by the Accreditation Council of the Agency or a minister’s reasoned proposal. Thematic evaluations evaluate similar evaluation subjects or areas of activity of one or more similar evaluation subjects.
The thematic evaluation procedure will be regulated by a general act of the Agency. This document will be available on the Agency website and higher education institutions will be informed of this in due time.
Carried out thematic evaluation procedures in higher education:
- Thematic evaluation of compliance with minimum requirements in the procedure of approving new study programmes delivered by public universities
- Thematic evaluation of doctoral study programmes in the Republic of Croatia
- Thematic evaluation of study programmes for regulated professions in the field of health (Nursing, Obstetrical Nursing, Medicine, Dental Medicine and Pharmacy)