Administrative Fee Structure for Accreditation and Licensing of Providers and Programmes
Fee Structure
The fee structures for provider and programme accreditation are given in Tables 1 and 2 respectively.
Fee Structure for Provider Accreditation
| Provider Accreditation | Proposed Market Provider Fee
The full costs incurred in the execution of financial due diligence as required under SL 327.433 will be payable by the applicant for the license. |
|---|---|
| University | Application Fee €3,000
Plus full costs of the review process till completion. |
| Higher Education Institution Further and Higher Education Institution |
Application Fee €1,000
Plus full costs of the review process till completion. |
| Further Education Institution | €250 |
| Further Education Centre | €150 |
| Tuition Centre | €150 |
Table 1.
Administrative Fee Structure per ECTS/ECVET for Programme Accreditation
| MQF Level of Course | The first 10 ECTS/ECVET
Fee per ECTS/ECVET* |
11th to 30th ECTS/ECVET
Fee per ECTS/ECVET |
ECTS/ECVETs above the first 30 Fee per ECTS/ECVET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introductory A and B | €22 | €10 | €3 |
| 1 and 2 | €22 | €10 | €3 |
| 3 and 4 | €25 | €14 | €3 |
| 5 | €35 | €18 | €6 |
| 6 | €50 | €20 | €10 |
| 7 | €75 | €35 | €16 |
| 8 | €5000 |
Table 2
*The minimum fee for course accreditation is € 75.
- The MFHEA will invoice the applicant with the amount due for the accreditation of programmes/ courses upon receipt of the application documents.
- Applicants are to pay the total fee in advance and the accreditation process starts only upon confirmation of payment of the amount due.
- Should additional fees incur as a result of a change in the number of ECTS or the MQF level, MFHEA reserves the right to invoice the outstanding balance.
- In the case of accreditation of programmes involving online or blended learning, the total amount will include an additional 10% of the total cost to reflect the additional administrative processes associated with these types of programmes.
- If at any point in the application process, no feedback is provided by the providers for a period of three months, then the application will be considered null and void, and the applicant will need to re-submit a new application. Any fees that would have been paid are non-refundable.
*Programme fee structure extracted from Communication ACC-QA/01/2017
**Licence fee structure extracted from Communication ACC/02/2016