National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation

National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation
Agencia Nacional de la Evaluación
de la Calidad y Acreditación
Agency overview
FormedJuly 19, 2002 (2002-07-19)
Jurisdiction Spain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Annual budget€ 12.9 million, 2023
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Universities
Websitewww.aneca.es

The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (Spanish: Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación, ANECA) is the authorised agency of the Spanish government whose aim is to provide external quality assurance for the Spanish higher education system and to contribute to its constant improvement through evaluation, certification and accreditation.

ANECA was created as a foundation in 2002 by the Cabinet of Spain under the Universities Organic Act, and it has the status of Autonomous agency. It is a member of the European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA).

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