The criteria for accreditation are established internationally. Institutions need to adhere to the set standards and acquire quality benchmarks, which will provide an accreditation license to the successful applicants.
The institution’s mission and standard of education must be clear and understood by the public. The nature and scope of the institution must be publicly articulated. The institution’s emphasis on research, scholarship, instruction, and academic programs must be detailed for public knowledge.
I. The institution has a widely published mission statement—approved by its governing board—that articulates a purpose appropriate for an institution of higher learning, provides direction for its efforts, and is generally understood by its community.
II. The institution defines mission fulfillment in the context of its purpose, characteristics, and expectations. Guided by that definition, it articulates institutional accomplishments or outcomes that represent an acceptable threshold or extent of mission fulfillment.
The institution operates with integrity to ensure the fulfillment of its mission through structures and processes that involve the board, administration, faculty, staff, and students.
I. The institution's governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the institution to fulfill its mission. The institution upholds and protects its integrity.
II. The institution upholds and protects its integrity.
The institution provides evidence of student learning and teaching effectiveness that demonstrates it is fulfilling its educational mission.
I. The institution's goals for student learning outcomes are clearly stated for each educational program and make effective assessment possible.
II. The institution values and supports effective teaching.
III. The institution creates effective learning environments.
IV. The institution's learning resources support student learning and effective teaching.
The institution promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission.
I. The institution demonstrates, through the actions of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff, that it values a life of learning.
II. The institution demonstrates that acquisition of a breadth of knowledge and skills and the exercise of intellectual inquiry are integral to its educational programs.
III. The institution assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.
IV. The institution provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.
The institution’s resources, structures, and processes are sufficient to fulfill its mission, improve the quality of its educational offerings, and respond to future challenges and opportunities. The institution plans for the future.
I. The institution realistically prepares for a future shaped by multiple societal and economic trends.
II. The institution's resource base supports its educational programs and its plans for maintaining and strengthening their quality in the future.
III. The institution's ongoing evaluation and assessment processes provide reliable evidence of institutional effectiveness that clearly informs strategies for continuous improvement.
IV. All levels of planning align with the institution's mission, thereby enhancing its capacity to fulfill that mission.
HEACUS ensures universities maintain international standards of education that align with its Quality Assurance (QA) model.
HEACUS values the importance of student enrollment in any institution. Obtaining accreditation status from HEACUS allows students to build their profiles and helps institutions establish their credibility in the academic world.
HEACUS, through its wide network of member institutions around the world, facilitates collaborations and partnerships among its accredited academic institutions.
