Institutional and Programme Review Commission (CAIP)
The Institutional and Programme Review Commission (CAIP) has the following functions:
- The review and assessment of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and management in the system of universities and higher education.
- The review, certification, auditing and accreditation of quality in the universities, their research and innovation centres and other higher education institutions.
- The review, certification, monitoring and accreditation, in accordance with international academic and social standards, of courses and study programmes leading to recognised and non-recognised qualifications awarded by universities and other higher education institutions.
- Promotion of the review and comparison of quality criteria, in accordance with international standards, especially with regard to teaching, research and knowledge transfer.
- The preparation and communication of information on deficiencies in quality detected in universities, their research and innovation centres and higher education institutions, with the aim of quality enhancement.
- Support and promotion for the research and innovation of models and procedures for the review, certification and accreditation of quality.
- The promotion of thematic reviews and internal quality procedures in universities and other higher education institutions, and the development of external review and quality assurance procedures.
The members of the Commission are as follows:
- Jaume Valls Pasola, president (Director of AQU Catalunya)
- Rosa María Capel Martínez (academic member, Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Andreu Casero Ripollés (academic member, Universitat Jaume I)
- Maria de Lurdes Correia (academic member, Universidade do Porto)
- Ramon Farré Ventura, (academic member, Universitat de Barcelona)
- Irene Delgado Sotillos (academic member, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
- Eduardo García Jiménez (academic member, Universidad de Sevilla)
- Glòria González Anadón (academic member, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- Angel Ortiz Bas (academic member, Universitat Politècnica de València)
- Diego Pablo Ruiz (academic member, Universidad de Granada)
- Antoni Ras Sabidó (academic member, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
- Caty Duykaerts (professional member, Agence pour l'Évaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur)
- Patrick Heinzer (professional member, University of Bon)
- Marc Girona Badia (student member, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
- Esther Huertas Hidalgo, secretary (AQU Catalunya)
Rules and regulations
Rules of procedure of theInstitutional and Programme Review Commission (18/03/2016)
Resolución REU/1587/2023, de 4 de mayo, por la que se hace pública la delegación de una función de la Comisión de Evaluación Institucional y de Programas de la Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Cataluña en el presidente de la Comisión de Evaluación Institucional y de Programas
Resolución EMC/2059/2018, de 4 de septiembre, por la que se hace pública la delegación de una función de la Comisión de Evaluación Institucional y de Programas de la Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Cataluña en el presidente de la Comisión de Evaluación Institucional y de Programas
Specific committees
CAIP works through the following specific committees: