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Accrediting Body:
Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC)
PL 133 (Mariankatu 15 A 6), 00171 Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358-9-1607 6913
Fax: +358-9-1607 7608
Email: finheec@minedu.fi
URL: www.kka.fi
Accreditation Process:
The Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) is an independent expert body assisting universities, polytechnics, and the Ministry of Education in matters relating to evaluation. The duties and policies of FINHEEC are:
- Assisting institutions of higher education and the Ministry of Education in evaluation.
- Conducting evaluation for the accreditation of the polytechnics.
- Organizing evaluations of the activities of higher education institutions and evaluations related to higher education policy.
- Initiating evaluations of higher education and promote its development.
- Engaging in international cooperation in evaluation.
- Promoting research on evaluation of higher education, and
- Evaluation and recognition of professional courses offered by higher education institutions, and keeping a registry of them.
