GAC - German Accreditation Council

Stiftung Akkreditierungsrat

Information on the agency's work

GAC has the legal form of a foundation of public law. It was originally set up by the North Rhine-Westphalian Law establishing a foundation “Foundation for the Accreditation of Study Programmes in Germany” of 15 February 2005. With the Interstate Study Accreditation Treaty, which came into force on 1 January 2018, the name of the foundation was changed to “Foundation Accreditation Council ”. In international contexts, the foundation is referred to as the German Accreditation Council.

Activities within the scope of ESG

Higher education systems where GAC carried out external QA activities

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