Department of Quality Assurance
The Department of Quality Assurance is responsible for the external quality assurance of educational provision in universities, university colleges, higher education colleges and tertiary vocational colleges. This involves both controlling the institutions’ provision and internal quality assurance processes and recommending improvements. The instruments for performing these tasks include evaluations of institutions' quality assurance systems, accreditation of institutions, accreditation of new study programmes and revising the accreditation of existing study programmes.
The department is headed by Tove Blytt Holmen
- Find out more about NOKUT's quality assurance of universities and university colleges
- Find out more about NOKUT's quality assurance of tertiary vocational colleges
Department of Analysis and Development
The Department of Analysis and Development carries out evaluations, research projects and analyses to generate, collate and present information that may help educational institutions and the authorities in their development activities. The department assists in developing NOKUT's range of evaluation and quality assurance instruments and is responsible for handling statistics and quantitative data. The department collaborates with NOKUT's other departments and external organisations on individual projects.
The department is headed by Ole-Jacob Skodvin
- Find out more about how we promote the development of quality though research, evaluations and analysis
Department of Foreign Education
The Department of Foreign Education handles applications from individuals for the recognition of their foreign higher education qualifications. The department is the Norwegian link in the ENIC and NARIC networks, with responsibility for providing information about foreign education and for providing national and international recognition.
The department is headed by Ida Lønne
- Find out more about NOKUT's work on the recognition of foreign education
INVIA Information centre
The INVIA Information centre is the gateway for all users who want information about the recognition of foreign higher education, and a common face to the outside world of the Norwegian bodies that recognise or provide authorisations based on foreign higher education qualifications. Since it opened in March 2010, the centre provides information about the various recognition schemes and directs members of the public to the right recognition or authorisation bodies. The centre also provides information about the EU directive on the recognition of professional qualifications for regulated professions.
The centre is headed by Lene Beate Ruud
- More information about the INVIA centre