CIQG Membership List

April 2021

The CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) advances understanding of international quality assurance and promotes high-quality higher education in today’s competitive and international world. CIQG membership is open to higher education institutions, higher education associations, national quality assurance and accreditation bodies, government agencies, corporations, businesses, foundations and individuals around the world. Members are also invited to become signatories to the CIQG Memorandum of Affiliation, affirming their commitment to the CIQG International Quality Principles.

Current CHEA Institutional Members are also members of CIQG.

* Fiscal year is July 1 - June 30. "•" indicates membership.

Members Country/Region Member FY20* Member FY21* Signed MOA
AAMFT - Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) United States • •  
Academic Information Centre (AIC) Latvia • •  
Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (ACCHS) United States   •  
Accreditation Agency Curacao (AAC) Curaçao • • •
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) United States • • •
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) United States   •  
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) United States • • •
Accreditation Council for Chinese Business Education (ACCBE) Taiwan • •  
Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges & Universities (ASIC) United Kingdom • • •
Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP) Philippines •   •
Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges & Universities United States •    
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) United States     •
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, WASC (ACCJC) United States •    
Accrediting Council for Collegiate Graphic Communications (ACCGC) United States •   •
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) United States • •  
Agencia Acreditadora Acredit Acción Chile •    
Agencia Acreditadora de Chile  Chile •    
Agencia Acreditadora para la calidad de la Educación Superior, Qualitas S.A. QUALITAS Chile   •  
Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) Croatia • • •
American International University Bangladesh Bangladesh • • •
American University of Armenia Armenia • • •
American University of Bahrain (AUBH) Bahrain • •  
American University of Iraq, Sulaimani Iraq     •
American University of the Middle East (AUM) Kuwait • •  
Asia Theological Association (ATA) Philippines     •
Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (AARTS) United States • •  
Australian Institute of Business Australia •    
Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) United States •    
Bahamas Baptist Community College (BBCC) Bahamas • •  
Barbados Accreditation Council (BAC) Barbados • •  
Alan Bostakian Canada • •  
Brighton College United States • • •
California State University, Northridge United States • • •
Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine & Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) Jamaica • •  
CGFNS International, Inc. United States   •  
Charisma University Turks & Caicos Islands   •  
Peter P T Cheung Hong Kong SAR China • •  
China Education Association for International Exchange China   •  
Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior (CIEES) Mexico • •  
Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) United Arab Emirates   •  
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) United States   • •
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) United States   •  
Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA) United States   •  
COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan   •  
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) United States • •  
Council for Higher Education, Israel (CHE) Israel • • •
College of Nursing and Advanced Health Professions United States     •
Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) United States • • •
Dominican College of Blauvelt United States • • •
Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA) Bahrain • •  
Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) Macau SAR China • •  
Effat University Saudi Arabia • •  
El Consejo de Acreditación de Ciencias Administrativas, Contables y Afines (CACECA) Mexico • •  
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University United States • • •
Enugu State University of Science and Technology Nigeria •   •
Eurasian Сentre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA) Kazakhstan • • •
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) Belgium • • •
European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) Belgium •   •
Federación de Instituciones Mexicanas Particulares de Educación Superior (FIMPES) Mexico • • •
Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA) Malaysia   • •
Franklin University United States • • •
Fuller Theological Seminary United States • • •
German Accreditation Council (GAC) Germany •   •
Global Humanistic University (GHU) Curaçao • •  
Fabrice Hénard France •    
High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres) France     •
Higher Colleges of Technology, (All Campuses) United Arab Emirates • • •

Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan(HEEACT)

 Taiwan • •  
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) Lebanon • • •
Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) Hong Kong • •  
Hotel Schools of Distinction United States •    
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Canada • •  
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia • •  
Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR) Kazakhstan • •  
Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) Kazakhstan   • •
Indus Business Academy, Bangalore India • •  
Inter American University of Puerto Rico United States • • •
International Board of Standards (IBS) United States   • •
Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluation (JIHEE) Japan   •  
Kandahar University Afghanistan   •  
Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) Japan • •  
Kardan University Afghanistan   •  
Khawarizmi International College United Arab Emirates     •
Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau Macau • • •
King Abdulaziz University (KAU) Saudi Arabia • •  
King Faisal University Saudi Arabia •    
Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) United Arab Emirates   •  
L'Autorité Nationale d'Assurance Qualité de l'enseignement Supérieur (L'NAQ-SUP) Senegal •    
Lincoln University United States • • •
Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute Italy •    
Los Angeles Film School United States •    
Manhattan School of Music United States • • •
Manipur International University India • • •
Middle East University Jordan     •
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) United States   •  
Moravian College United States • • •
National Accreditation & Equivalency Council of The Bahamas Bahamas •  • •
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) India • • •
National Authority for Quality Assurance & Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE) Egypt •   •
National Bureau for Academic Accreditation and Education Quality Assurance (NBAQ) Kuwait   •  
National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (NCAAA) Saudi Arabia • •  
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) United States • •  
National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance, Foundation (ANQA) Armenia     •
National Council for State Authorization of Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) United States • •  
National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE) Japan • • •
National Register of Health Service Psychologists United States •    
National Universities Commission (NUC) Nigeria • •  
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) United States •    
New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) United States •    
New Mexico Higher Education Department United States •    
Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment Thailand     •
Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS) Canada • • •
Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance (OUCQA) Canada • • •
Peregrine Academic Services United States • •  
Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) Philippines • • •
Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) Philippines • •  
Pillar College United States • • •
PMI - Global Accreditation Center for Project Management United States • •  
Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB) Canada •   •
Qassim University Saudi Arabia • •  
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Ireland • • •
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA-UK) United Kingdom • • •
Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education Saudi Arabia     •
Liz Reisberg United States   •  
Samoa Qualifications Authority (SQA) Samoa   •  
South African Theological Seminary South Africa •    
Stratford University United States • • •
Sullivan University United States • • •
Taiwan Assessment and Evaluation Association (TWAEA) Taiwan • •  
TCM International Institute United States • • •
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Australia •   •
The British Accreditation Council (BAC) United Kingdom     •
The Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) United States • •  
The Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE-COA) United States • •  
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) South Africa     •
The Forum on Education Abroad United States •    
The London College, UCK United Kingdom •    
The National Society of Leadership and Success United States   •  
The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) Jamaica • •  
Tonga National Qualifications and Accreditation Board (TNQAB) Tonga     •
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) United States • •  
Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) Turkey   •  
Ukrainian-American Concordia University (UACU) Ukraine • • •
United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates • • •
United States Sports Academy United States • • •
Universidad Anáhuac México Mexico • •  
Universidad Central de Nicaragua Nicaragua • •  
University Grants Committee (UGC) China • •  
University of the Witwatersrand South Africa   •  
V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University Ukraine     •
WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) United States   • •
Western Governors University United States •   •
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) United States • •  
William Howard Taft University United States •   •

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG) is an initiative associated with CHEA, a nonprofit institutional
membership organization that provides coordination of accreditation. Eligibility for membership in CIQG is based solely on criteria published in CIQG
documents. These criteria do not include any review, approval or judgment about the quality of any members. CIQG membership criteria are separate
and distinct from criteria for membership in CHEA, are not related to CHEA recognition of accrediting organizations and do not constitute or connote any evaluation by CHEA of the CIQG member. CIQG Membership does not constitute membership in or review or endorsement by CHEA.