THEQC Releases Version 3.2 (2025) of the Evaluation Programs Guide

The Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) published the Evaluation Programs Guide version 3.2, taking into account the feedback from stakeholders and areas for improvement to make the evaluation and accreditation processes of HEIs more effective and in line with international standards. The new version introduces textual revisions as well as a number of methodological improvements to national evaluation programs. The highlights of the changes are as follows:

– Institutions whose accreditation period is completed will be re-evaluated. With an arrangement, HEIs will be automatically re-evaluated at the end of their accreditation period.

– According to the new guide, draft evaluation reports will be pre-checked by THEQC regarding textual completeness, consistency between the text and the assigned maturity levels, clarity and language. The new guide also gives more detail on the mid-term evaluation process. Institutions holding full or conditional accreditation will be included in the Mid-term Evaluation Program in the second year following the accreditation decision. Institutions holding conditional accreditation will undergo an IAP-like evaluation and reporting process, while institutions holding full accreditation will be subject to an evaluation and reporting process that examines their progress in areas for improvement.

– The arrangement adds provisions that additional evidence and documents to be submitted to the evaluation team after the Final Meeting cannot be used within the scope of the evaluation and that the reports will be published in the Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR).

THEQC is to publish decision letters within the scope of the Institutional Accreditation Program

In addition to the institutional accreditation reports published by THEQC within the scope of the Institutional Accreditation Program, with the new arrangement, decision letters will also be published on its official website and DEQAR. The decision letter, which was previously shared only with the senior management of the institution, will now be open to the public and all stakeholders. The new arrangement is expected to reinforce the transparency of external evaluation results.
THEQC continues to maintain transparency, international compliance and continuous improvement in quality assurance and external evaluation processes with the Evaluation Programs Guide version 3.2.

Click here to access version 3.2 of the Evaluation Programs Guide to be used in THEQC’s 2025 evaluation programs. (Turkish)