INTRODUCTION

The University Grants Commission (UGC) of Nepal has introduced the system of Quality Assurance and Accreditation (QAA) since 2007 for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The growing participation of HEIs in adhering to the QAA process reflects the country's widening scope of the QAA system. The QAA has already been a core concern and a priority in higher education development at Tribhuvan University (TU). Realising the importance of the QAA, TU established the Centre for Quality Assurance and Accreditation (TU-QAA Centre) in 2017 to assure quality and facilitate accrediting its constituent campuses, central departments, and schools. Quality Assurance (QA) mainly focuses on standards encompassing various key aspects of the entire Higher Education (HE) framework. These aspects include institutional capacity within HE, academic curricula, teaching methodologies, research requirements, student assessment, and examination systems, as well as other academic infrastructures and environments.

Quality assurance has a broad scope and focuses on academic programmes, HEIs developments and quality enhancement initiatives. Implementing the QAA process is the mandatory policy at Tribhuvan University of Nepal. It aims to maximise or improve the overall quality of academic programmes and institutional capability by increasing value and gaining a high institutional image. Quality assurance is also a key component of the internationalisation of higher education, thus, the TU-QAA Centre is involved in international collaboration (e.g. Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union). The HEIs play a vital role in internationalisation for developing a globally competent skilled workforce and enabling a more collaborative world.

Student size-related eligibility currently proposed is as follows:

Accredited Higher Educational Institutions of Tribhuvan University, Nepal