Since its establishment, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB) has been actively involved in international events and organizations related to quality assurance in higher education, maintaining an extensive network with key stakeholders in international quality assurance. As part of this engagement, MAB has participated in the quality assurance-related tasks and working groups of the Bologna Process and contributed to the revision of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) through the QA-Fit project.
In addition to its ongoing and ad hoc international activities, MAB:
- is a full member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA);
- is registered on the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR);
- is recognized by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME);
- is recognized by the U.S. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), responsible for determining the equivalence of foreign medical education;
- is a member of the Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA);
- is an initiator and founding member of the V4QA Forum, the quality assurance forum of the Visegrad Group countries;
- is a founding member of the Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN);
- is an affiliate member of the European University Association (EUA);
- is a signatory of the Coalition of Advanced Research Assessment (CoARA) and a member of its national working group;
- participates in the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) thematic peer group on quality assurance (TPG C on QA), responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Bologna Process;
- collaborates with over 14 European agencies through bilateral and multilateral formal agreements (Memoranda of Understanding);
- has participated in and continues to engage in various European higher education quality assurance projects in different expert and coordination roles (DEQAR-CONNECT, MICROBOL, TSI-OECD, IMINQA, SEQA-ESG, ENQA QAoR WG);
- delegates experts to international accreditation procedures, particularly for external quality assurance of joint programs within European University Alliances, following the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programs (European Approach).
MAB continuously analyses and reviews its professional activities based on international (primarily European) trends. The policy framework guiding its work is shaped by the declarations adopted by ministers responsible for higher education in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) member states.
ENQA Follow up 2020