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Providers and partners
- About education organisations
- NZQA's quality assurance system for tertiary education organisations
- Guidelines and forms
- Consistency of graduate outcomes
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Approval, accreditation and registration
- - Registration of a new PTE
- - Student fee protection
- - Maintaining PTE registration
- - Applying for approval of CMRs
- - Provider categories after external evaluation and review
- - Consent to assess
- - Listing qualifications on the NZQF
- - Reviewing New Zealand qualifications
- - Maintaining national qualifications on the NZQF
- - Programme approval and provider accreditation
- - Degree approval, accreditation and monitoring
- - Micro-credentials
- - Approval of programmes of industry training
- - Secondary school Consent to Assess
- - Applying for NCEA aligned with a Vocational Pathway
- - Course closures
- - Approval of delivery sites
- - PTE changes
- - Listing assessment standards on the DAS
- Monitoring and Assessment
- Self-assessment
- External evaluation and review
- Assessment and moderation of standards
- Submitting results and awarding qualifications and micro-credentials
- Tertiary and International Learners Code of Practice
- Offshore use of qualifications and programmes
- Reform of Vocational Education
- International Education planning
Rules and legislation for approval and accreditation
NZQA rules are made under section 452 of the Education and Training Act 2020, which gives NZQA the authority to make rules for the quality assurance processes for which it is responsible. Approval and accreditation is required under sections 439 and 441 of the Act.
Information on the requirements for listing a qualification on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework.
NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2021 are the NZQA rules covering the approval of programmes of study and accreditation for these programmes.
NZQF Industry Training Programme Approval Rules 2021 are the NZQA rules covering the approval of programmes of industry training.
Education organisations planning offshore delivery of a programme leading to an NZQF qualification must meet the NZQF Offshore Programme Delivery Rules 2021.