Campus Alberta Quality Council

Campus Alberta Quality Council

The Campus Alberta Quality Council is an arms-length quality assurance agency that makes recommendations to the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology on applications from post-secondary institutions seeking to offer new degree programs in Alberta under the terms of the Post-secondary Learning Act, 2004 and the Approval of Programs of Study Regulation (51/2004). Other than degrees in divinity, all degree programs offered in Alberta, including degrees offered by non-resident institutions, must be approved by the Minister.

In fulfillment of its mandate, the Council determines the criteria and procedures for its reviews and strikes organizational and program review teams. The Council’s criteria and procedures are provided on this website.

The Council is committed to ensuring the national and international recognition of Alberta’s degrees, and works closely with other provinces in pan-Canadian quality assurance initiatives. One such initiative through the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) resulted in a Ministerial Statement on Quality Assurance of Degree Education in Canada, which all provinces and territories in Canada have endorsed. Council’s processes and assessment standards are consistent with those contained in the Statement and Council has adopted the Statement’s Canadian Degree Qualifications Framework for use when assessing the level of proposed degree programs.