The National System for Accreditation of Higher Education (SINAES) (Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior) is a Costa Rican organisation tasked with contributing to the quality of higher education in the country, mainly through evaluating education programmes for accreditation. [1] [2] It was founded in 1999 by an agreement signed by the four largest public universities ( UCR, TEC, UNA, and UNED) and the four largest private universities ( ULatina, Interamericana, ULACIT, and Veritas) of Costa Rica at the time. [3] As of 2023, SINAES has accredited 254 study programmes at 30 universities. [4]
The accreditation process of SINAES relies on a register of domestic and international experts that have at least 10 years of teaching experience in a discipline, either within Costa Rica or abroad. [5]
SINAES is a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) [6] and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). [1]
External link
- Official website (in Spanish)
References
- ^ a b CHAE. "Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (SINAESc)". CHEA. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "SINAES, 25 años de aportar al mejoramiento de la calidad de la educación superior en Costa Rica". El Financiero (in Spanish). 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "Historia". SINAES (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "Inicio". SINAES (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "Invitation to sign up for the Register of Experts of the National System for the Accreditation of Higher Education (SINAES) | Costa Rica – UNESCO-IESALC". Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ^ "Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior | INQAAHE". www.inqaahe.org. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
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