External Quality Assurance
The External Quality Assurance is a process for both development and accountability. The EQA shall ensure that the internal quality management system of the provider is:
- fit for purpose according to the provider’s courses and service users;
- compliant with standards and regulations and contributing to the development of a national quality culture;
- contributing to the fulfilment of the broad goals of Malta’s Education Strategy 2014-2024;
- implemented with effectiveness, comprehensiveness and sustainability
External Quality Assurance Audits
The Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA), previously known as NCFHE, carried out the first External Quality Assurance Audits among the main public further and higher education institutions in Malta– the University of Malta, MCAST and ITS. This was done in line with the Commission’s legal role for ensuring quality assurance in further and higher education in Malta.
The External Quality Assurance Audit reports can be accessed as per below:
Name of Institution and EQAA Report
(Most Recent First – Descending Order)
| Cover Note by MHFEA |
| Appeal Board Report |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 14/07/2023
| Cover Note by NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| EQA Audit Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 06/2016
| Cover Note by MHFEA |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 30/06/2023
| Cover Note by NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 01/06/2017
Cover Note by MFHEA (Institutional Audit) 2021
Quality Audit Report (Institutional Audit) 2021
- EQA Report Publication Date: 13/07/2021
Cover Note by MFHEA (Programme Audit) 2022
Programme Audit Report (Programme Audit) 2022
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/12/2022
- EQA Report Publication Date: 21/02/2022
- EQA Report Publication Date: 06/06/2023
- EQA Report Publication Date: 03/11/2021
- Follow-Up Report Publication Date: 28/02/2023
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 24/01/2020
- Follow-Up Report Date: 23/11/2022
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
- Follow Up Report
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/10/2019
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/10/2019
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 22/08/2019
| Cover Note by the NCFHE Board |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 04/10/2018
| Cover Note by the NCFHE Board |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 08/2017
Name of Institution and EQAA Report
(List by Name A-Z)
- EQA Report Publication Date: 21/02/2022
- EQA Report Publication Date: 06/06/2023
Cover Note by MFHEA (Institutional Audit) 2021
Quality Audit Report (Institutional Audit) 2021
- EQA Report Publication Date: 13/07/2021
Cover Note by MFHEA (Programme Audit) 2022
Programme Audit Report (Programme Audit) 2022
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/12/2022
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 24/01/2020
- Follow-Up Report Date: 23/11/2022
| Cover Note by MHFEA |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 30/06/2023
| Cover Note by NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 01/06/2017
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 22/08/2019
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
- Follow Up Report
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/10/2019
| Cover Note by MHFEA |
| Appeal Board Report |
| Quality Audit Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 14/07/2023
| Cover Note by NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| EQA Audit Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 06/2016
- EQA Report Publication Date: 03/11/2021
- Follow-Up Report Publication Date: 28/02/2023
| Cover Note by the NCFHE |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 02/10/2019
| Cover Note by the NCFHE Board |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 08/2017
| Cover Note by the NCFHE Board |
| Quality Audit Report |
| Follow-Up Report |
- EQA Report Publication Date: 04/10/2018