German Agency for Quality Assurance

AQAS e. V. is a non-profit association founded by universities in Germany in 2002, which is approved in Germany and Europe to carry out external assessment procedures for universities. Members of the association are currently 92 national and international universities and technical colleges as well as a scientific society. AQAS carries out assessment procedures for program accreditation in all disciplines and for system accreditation.

NOTE: Germany recently adopted a centralized accreditation system with the German Accreditation Council having overarching responsibility for program accreditation.  During this time of transition, Accreditation.org is listing German degrees accredited under the prior system which have not expired by the accrediting body at the time of our last annual update, in this case, AQAS, as well as programs accredited by other groups in Germany and by the GAC itself.  In this transition phase, if you need to clarify the validity of a program accreditation, please check with GAC and the original accrediting body, as well as the university in question.