AVA

Self-assessment, Periodic Evaluation, Accreditation

AVA system (AVA = Self-assessment, periodic assessment, accreditation) aims to improve the quality of teaching and research of universities, through the application of a Quality Assurance model based on internal procedures for the planning, management, self-assessment and improvement of teaching and scientific activities and on an external verification carried out in a clear and transparent way.

The verification translates into an accreditation judgement, outcome of a process through which a university is recognised as possessing (Initial Accreditation) or mantaining (Periodic Accreditation) the basic quality requirements for its institutional functions.

AVA system was therefore developed to achieve three main objectives:

• the assurance, by the Ministry and through the ANVUR evaluation activity, that the Italian Higher Education Institutions uniformly provide a service of adequate quality to stakeholders and to society as a whole;
• the exercise by universities of a responsible and reliable autonomy in the use of public resources and in collective and individual behavior regarding teaching and research activities;
• the improvement of the quality of teaching and research activities.

AVA system has been operational since 2013.

Complaints and appeals.