QUALITY ASSURANCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN A EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA (EHEA)

U članku se daje prikaz sustava osiguranja kvalitete u europskom prostoru visokog obrazovanja. Posebno je naglašena uloga Europske organizacije za osiguranje kvalitete u visokom obrazovanju (ENQA) te primjena Standarda i smjernica za osiguranje kvalitete u europskom visokoobrazovnom prostoru kojima se opisuju postupci unutarnjeg i vanjskog vrjednovanja visokih učilišta i vanjskog vrjednovanja agencija za osiguranje kvalitete. Opisuje se postupak vanjskog vrjednovanja sustava kvalitete visokih učilišta u Hrvatskoj kao i iskustva Građevinskog fakulteta u Osijeku u provedbi postupka vanjskog vrjednovanja sustava kvalitete.The paper presents quality assurance system in European Higher Education Area. The role of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) is highlighted as well as the use of Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area. The standards are covering evaluation of internal and external quality assurance system of higher education institutions and external evaluation of quality assurance agencies. External quality assurance procedures of higher education institutions are described as well as experiences of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Osijek acquired in the process of quality assurance system external evaluation