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Quality Management

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The aim of the quality system is to enhance the quality of university work and ensure that degrees and research meet international standards, and the system is structured to support a quality culture within the entire university. The system is based on three pillars; the Strategy of the Iceland Academy of the Arts 2024-2029, the Icelandic Agency for Quality Assurance Framework for the Enhancement of Quality in Higher Education in Iceland 2024-2029 (Icelandic Quality Enhancement Framework – QEF3), and the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015). The quality work of the Iceland Academy of the Arts is reform-oriented, open and transparent, where responsibilities and obligations are clearly defined and cooperation between departments, faculties and functional units is ensured.

Quality system and quality policy

Reports and results of internal audits

External audits

  • LHÍ Institutional Review 2021 (QEF 2)

    QEF2: SER and IWR Reports
    The Framework Plan for Enhancing Quality in Icelandic Universities is a common quality framework that is intended to support universities in ensuring and enhancing the quality of their operations.
    The plan is based on an improvement-oriented approach where the universities themselves are responsible for quality, while external quality assessment supports continuous improvement through the analysis of strengths, challenges and opportunities for development.
    The goal is also to promote transparency and create knowledge about quality in university work, based on Icelandic conditions and in accordance with European standards for quality in universities.
    The institutional review process is divided into three parts. The first part is the institution's self-assessment, which concludes with a Self-Evaluation Report (SER). The second part is an institutional visit by an external review committee, which follows the self-evaluation report. The third and final part is the review committee's report (IWR).
    Both of these reports from Quality Evaluation Phase 2 (QEF2) are available here.