Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR)

ANVUR oversees the Italian national quality evaluation system for universities and research institutes. It is responsible for the quality assessment of the activities carried out by universities and research institutes, recipients of public funding. It is also entrusted with steering the Independent Evaluation Units’ activities within each Institution, and with assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of public funding programmes or incentive programmes for research and innovation activities. ANVUR assessments span the whole range of activities (teaching, research, third mission/impact, administrative performance) of universities and research institutes, and covers as well Institutions of Music and Arts.