Degrees by the University of Malta are also accredited by the MFHEA

I was slightly confused when press reports initially claimed that private education institutions are exclusively at risk of having their international recognition status at risk following Malta’s failure to be listed with the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR). Malta’s official regulator for the accreditation of certificates and degrees from both public and private institutes is the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority.

The accreditation and certification of the University of Malta is also regulated by the MFHEA.

The MFHEA has been rejected entry from the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education which is the harmonised European regulator for the accreditation and certification authorities. It was originally founded by the European Universities Association in collaboration with The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).

The MFHEA is already a member of the ENQA, which provides quality-assurance to the local accreditation and certification authorities, but it is actually the EQAR which accredits and certifies the local authorities according to the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Process). The official statement by the MFHEA did not mention this as it tried to control the damage of the decision.

The University of Malta has not issued a statement on the recent decision by the EQAR to clarify its position.

Mark Camilleri

Website Editor
Historian and Publisher