Quality education. Stronger institutions. Better outcomes.
The International Organization for Quality Accreditation is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization focused on accreditation and quality assurance in higher education.
An accreditation body for technical and higher education programs.
IOQA accredits college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at associate, bachelor and master degree levels.
Its criteria focus on what students experience and learn, using voluntary peer review and expert participation to support quality assurance activities around the world.
Vision, mission and values
Vision
To continuously improve humanity.
Mission
To accelerate development in international society through quality tools.
Values
Ethics, quality and social responsibility.
The IOQA footprint at a glance
Accreditation activity across programs, institutions, countries and expert participation.
Program accreditation
We accredit college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at the associate, bachelor and master degree levels.
Confidence in quality
With IOQA accreditation, students, employers and society can be confident that a program meets quality standards designed to prepare graduates for a global workforce.
A decade of standards
IOQA states that its standards have played a fundamental role for more than 10 years and have become a basis of quality across more than 15 disciplines worldwide.
Peer-review criteria
Criteria developed by technical professionals focus on what students experience and learn, with voluntary peer review intended to add value to technical academic programs.
Expert participation
More than 2,200 experts from industry, academia and government support quality assurance activities as evaluators, commissioners, board members and advisors.
Global footprint
IOQA accredits 1,152 programs at 776 colleges and universities in 12 countries.