PROCEDURES
By Decision 2020/5 / XI / 2 of 22 May 2020, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee decided to expand its accreditation portfolio and undertook to initiate the recognition of medical education at the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), a global quality assessment board. The expansion of the accreditation portfolio ensures the competitiveness of Hungarian medical education, also contributes to the support of the internationalization of higher education and results in the incorporation of additional international accreditation standards. In addition to the MAB Medical Education Working Group, the MAB also directly involves Hungarian medical training places in the process. The MAB has applied for the WFME accreditation process in order to obtain accreditation by 2024.
MAB documents related to medical training accreditation procedure
The MAB has been accredited by the U.S. National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) since 1997.
You can read about NCFMEA’s activities and evaluation procedure on the organisation’s website.
The Hungarian Higher Education Accreditation Committee (MAB) evaluates the operation of foreign clinical training sites outside the European Higher Education Area that are part of general medical training programs offered by Hungarian higher education institutions as part of an accreditation process.
The purpose of the accreditation process is to verify and certify that doctoral schools and programmes intended to be established by the higher education institutions (HEIs) and those already operating are in line with the quality assurance standards and guidelines of the European Higher Education Area.
The accreditation of doctoral school is intended to provide assurance that the doctoral school intended to be launched or operated within the HEI functions in line with the ESG (Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), has a quality assurance system in place, covering both the institution and the doctoral school, which monitors and assesses compliance with the standards on an ongoing basis, and uses the assessment results to actively develop actions and processes to promote implementation of the standards.
The MAB established the following procedures for the external quality assurance of doctoral schools:
Periodical verification of quality: the MAB performs accreditation for existing/operating doctoral schools every five years at the request of the relevant higher education institution.
Establishment of new doctoral schools: pursuant to Section 71/B (d) of Act CCIV of 2011 on national higher education and Section 6 (3) of Government Decree 387/2012 of 19 December 2012 on doctoral schools, doctoral procedures and habilitation, the MAB contributes an expert opinion at the request of the higher education institution.
Adding a new branch of science to a doctoral school: pursuant to Section 71/B (d) of Act CCIV of 2011 on national higher education and Section 6 (4) of Government Decree 387/2012 of 19 December 2012 on doctoral schools, doctoral procedures and habilitation, the MAB contributes an expert opinion at the request of the higher education institution.
The evaluation by MAB of applications for the title of university professor serves to ensure high quality academic staff in leadership positions overseeing research and research-based teaching as well as doctoral education and training at universities.
The evaluation is conducted by experts via TIR 2.0 database on set criteria on the applicant’s academic teaching, research and publishing background on the national and international level. The expert evaluations are discussed in the Expert Committee for University Professor Applications, which ensures the consistent interpretation of the criteria. The decision is passed by the MAB Board.
Documents for university professor applications (after 1 January 2025)
Guide
Evaluation sheets
Application Form
Manual
List of changes
In accordance with the provisions of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education and Government Decree No. 19/2012 (II. 22.) on certain issues of quality assessment and development in higher education, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB) operates a Board of Appeals and Complaints. This committee is established to ensure that, in those cases where a new expert opinion or evaluation is required in the same matter or concerning the same person within the same procedure, that particular opinion is based on impartial, unbiased, and objective considerations.
The rules of the appeals procedure are set out in Sections 67 (4) and 71 (5) of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education, as well as in Sections 24/A (6) and (7) of Government Decree No. 19/2012 (II. 22.). Based on these legal regulations, an appeal procedure may be initiated with MAB through the TIR 2 system as follows: The higher education institution may submit the appeal of a MAB expert opinion within thirty days from the date of its notification. The higher education institution must attach its comments regarding the MAB expert opinion to the request for review. It is not permitted to refer to new facts in the appeal request.
In general, against the MAB Board’s decisions, an appeal may be requested; in other matters related to MAB’s procedures, a complaint may be submitted.
Only the rector of the higher education institution is entitled to submit an appeal request, while a complaint may be submitted by anyone.
The appeal request must be submitted electronically via MAB’s electronic system, except for appeal cases related to applications for university professorships, which must be submitted directly to the Ministry responsible for higher education and research.
The purpose of the institutional accreditation process is to verify and certify that higher education institutions (HEIs) operate in line with the quality assurance guidelines and standards of the European Higher Education Area. Institutional accreditation is intended to provide assurance that the HEI in question functions in line with the ESG 2015 (Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area), has a quality assurance system in place which monitors and assesses compliance with the standards on an ongoing basis, and uses the assessment results to actively develop actions and processes to promote implementation of the standards.
If you are interested in any further details about the institutional accreditation procedures, please inquire at the following e-mail address: titkarsag@mab.hu
Programme establishment is a regulatory procedure for the initial registration of higher education bachelor and master programmes, and of higher education vocational programmes. It is initiated by the relevant higher education institution with the Educational Authority. After procuring the documents required for the establishment of a new programme, the applicant submits its application to the MAB, which prepares an expert opinion. Once the expert opinion is issued, the institution can then request that the Educational Authority enter the bachelor programme, master programme or higher education vocational programme in the new program of higher education qualifications.
Education and learning outcome requirements for Bachelor programmes, Education and learning outcome requirements for higher eduction vocational programmes, Education and learning outcome requirements for Master’s programmes.
The procedure for evaluating applications for new programmes is a regulatory process for the registration of the launch of a higher education bachelor programme, master programme or a tertiary vocational programme. It is initiated by the relevant higher education institution with the Educational Authority. The Educational Authority invites the MAB to prepare an expert opinion on the documentation submitted. The expert opinion is formulated on the basis of the evaluation criteria informed by the ESG standards.
Hungarian higher education institutions and the MAB have a common objective: to make higher education competitive and eminently quality-oriented. In the course of adapting our processes to the standards and mindset of ESG 2015, the guidelines for evaluating new programmes and evaluation criteria have been revised.
Applications for Bachelor programmes, Applications for higher education vocational programmes, Application for Master’s programmes, Applications for teacher training programmes.
If you are interested in any further details about the program evaluation procedures, please inquire at the following e-mail address: titkarsag@mab.hu