Indonesia
National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education
http://ban-pt.depdiknas.go.id/index.php?lang=en
Duration and levels of accreditation
5 years
Accreditation standards
http://ban-pt.depdiknas.go.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=62&lang=en
Evaluation process
http://ban-pt.depdiknas.go.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=55&lang=en
Outcome/consequences of accreditation
Voluntary
Description of accreditation organization
Government Authority
The National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi), well-known as BAN-PT, is an independent agency for evaluation, whose main task is to decide on the adequacy of a program and/or education unit at the higher education level, referring to national standards of education. Higher education accreditation is the evaluation of adequacy of a program and/or institution of higher education, based on criteria that have been established to provide quality assurance to the community. To undertake higher education accreditation, the government established the National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education. BAN-PT is a non-structural, non-profit, independent agency under the National Education Minister.
