Administrative Fee Structure for Accreditation and Licensing of Providers and Programmes
Fee Structure
The current fee structures for Provider and Programme Accreditation are given in Tables 1 and 2 respectively. These fee structures are applicable as from 1st January 2022.
Table 1: Fee Structure for Provider Accreditation
Provider Accreditation |
The full costs incurred in the execution of financial due diligence as required under SL 607.03 will be payable by the applicant for the licence. |
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University |
Application Fee €10,000 Plus full costs of the review process till completion. |
Further and Higher Education Institution |
€1,300 |
Higher Education Institution | €1000 |
Further Education Institution | €500 |
Further Education Centre | €250 |
Tuition Centre | €250 |
Validation Assessment Body | €300 |
Table 1.
Table: 2 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 |
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Introductory A and B | €30 | €22 | €3 |
1 and 2 | €40 | €22 | €3 |
3 and 4 | €50 | €25 | €3 |
5 | €60 | €35 | €6 |
6 | €70 | €50 | €10 |
7 | €80 | €75 | €16 |
8 | €5000 |
Table 2
Kindly note that:
a) The minimum fee for programme accreditation is €80.
b) Any fees that would have been paid are non-refundable.
c) Applicants are to pay the total fee in advance and the accreditation process (licenses and programmes) starts only upon confirmation of payment of the amount due.
d) In the case of an application for a University license, 50% of the total fee shall be paid upon submission of application. The rest of the fee, together with the costs related to the review process, shall be paid upon completion of the whole process irrespective of the outcome of the application.
e) 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.
f) 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.
g) If at any point in the application process, no feedback, requested documents, amendments or clarifications are 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.
The programme accreditation fee structure within Communication MFHEA/04/2021 will be applicable till end of August 2023.
Past Licence fee structure refer to Communication ACC/02/2016