To be eligible for the IQR your institution will need to demonstrate to QAA that it meets the following criteria:

• Your institution is registered, or otherwise appropriately recognised, as a higher education provider by the national quality assurance authority or other relevant agency or ministry of the country or countries in which you are located.
• Your institution has informed the national quality assurance authority or other relevant agency or ministry of your intention to request an IQR before application (if relevant).
• You have been operational for a minimum of three years at the time of application.
• You have recruited a minimum of three cohorts of higher education students, at least one of which has graduated.
• Your institution is financially viable and sustainable.
• You have the legal right to use the infrastructure, main facilities and resources of the premises in which you deliver higher education.
• A significant amount of the provision your institution offers can be regarded as higher education, both in terms of student headcount and percentage of provision.

In order to take part in IQR, your institution will need to guarantee, at the application stage, that the review process can be conducted in the English language.