Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU)
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Year of foundation:
1996
Member since:
06/07/2009
The National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation
Parent Institution's name (english translation):
The Argentina’s Ministry of Education
Parent Institution's name (original language):
Ministerio de Educación
Contact
Institutional postal address:
Av. Córdoba 1450
C1055AAR
Region:
Latin America and Caribbean
Country:
Argentina
City:
Buenos Aires
Institutional e-mail:
Institutional phone:
+54 11 4815-9050
Institutional fax:
+54 4815 0744
Mission / Vision
Its mission is to ensure and enhance the quality of university degrees and institutions in the Argentine university system through the evaluation and accreditation of the quality of the university programs and degrees offered.
Goals
Promove the Higher Education Quality with the Evaluation and Accreditation.
Promove a review of the relationship among governments, universities and society. Evaluation is considered as the most appropriate instrument to regulate universities and improve the quality of the education provided by these institutions.
Main activities
The main activities are:
- evaluate projects submitted by new public and private universities.
- To perform external evaluation of university institutions.
- To grant accreditation to government regulated undergraduate programs.
- To grant accreditation to graduate programs.
- To conduct evaluation processes for accreditation of private evaluation and accreditation organizations.
- It is also responsible for providing recognition to private agencies for university evaluation and accreditation
- Accreditation of Undergraduate Programs within the MERCOSUR Framework
