International Quality Assurance Programme 2025
Publication date: 08 May 2025
QAA’s International Quality Assurance Programme (IQAP) is a five-day professional development course that provides opportunities to expand your understanding of the current issues in higher education quality assurance, equip yourself with new knowledge to apply in your own organisational context and build relationships with quality assurance professionals from around the world.
Explore UK and international quality assurance best practice, visit London university campuses and build lasting relationships with quality assurance peers and professionals from all over the world.
Who is it for?
IQAP is designed for professionals from outside the UK with at least five years' management experience in higher education quality assurance, ideally, at an institutional or national level as part of a ministry or national quality assurance agency.
To date, IQAP has welcomed over 200 delegates from almost 50 countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and Australasia.
What is the value of IQAP?
IQAP provides you opportunities to:
- explore current and emerging issues in global higher education quality assurance
- exchange knowledge and practical solutions with peers from around the world
- reflect on and strengthen your own quality assurance approaches
- develop skills to enhance institutional processes and drive meaningful improvement in quality and standards
- understand how to benchmark your practices against global peers and align with international frameworks
- build strategic partnerships that can lead to collaborative projects, mutual recognition and shared learning
- strengthen your institution’s reputation and readiness for international accreditation or partnerships.
The IQAP 2025 programme (right) shows the agenda, speakers and activities that made this year’s event such a memorable and valuable experience for our delegates.
Watch our short film to find out more
Contact us
Please complete our enquiry form if you have any other questions or need further information about IQAP.
IQAP 2026
Monday 22 to Friday 26 June 2026
IQAP 2026 will take place at Arundel House, an iconic building in the heart of historic London and home to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
IQAP workshop sessions will be held in the Lee Kuan Yew Room, which offers one of London’s best views of landmarks such as the River Thames, Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye.
Testimonials
IQAP was a truly enriching and insightful experience. The training content was exceptionally well-presented, and the exercises and activities allowed us to apply the concepts we learned effectively.
Dr Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, Vice President (Accreditation and Quality Assurance), Al Ain University, UAE
As a representative from a quality assurance agency, I gained lots of insights and reflections from the group discussions with other colleagues from around the world. The exercises in different sessions encouraged us to go deeper into quality culture, theory, knowledge and skills.
Jenny Chan, Assistant Registrar, The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
The programme has been very empowering as it leads to a 360-degree understanding of the quality assurance cycle and the importance of the quality culture at all levels of a higher education institution.