Internal quality system

Study
Programmes Habilitations
and Inaugurations Quality
Indicators Competences
and responsibilities

The Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at the Technical University of Košice (TUKE) regulates the way of fulfilling the mission of TUKE in the field of higher education through:

• quality assurance strategy for higher education and quality assurance strategy for research activities, artistic activities or other creative activities,
• processes for quality assurance of higher education and quality of creative activities,
• the link between creative activities and higher education at TUKE in the relevant field of study.

The internal system is divided into:

1. Standards for the internal quality assurance system of higher education at TUKE
2. Standards for approval, management and quality assessment of study programmes at TUKE
3. Standards for the habilitation procedure and the procedure for appointment of professors at TUKE

Main bodies involved in quality verification at TUKE

• TUKE Accreditation Committee
• TUKE Accreditation Board
• Boards of the Study Programmes

Main documents

• Statute of TUKE
• Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at TUKE
• Quality Policies of the Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at TUKE
• Quality Objectives of the Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at TUKE for 2023
• Organizational Structure of TUKE
• University Bodies

Responsibilities for quality assurance at TUKE are defined according to:

• Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education
• Act No. 269/2018 Coll. on Quality Assurance in Higher Education

External documents

• Act no. 422/2015 Coll. on the Recognition of Evidence of Education and Professional Qualifications
• Decree of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic no. 244/2019 Coll. on the System of Study Fields in the Slovak Republic
• Decree of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic no. 246/2019 Coll. on the Procedure for Obtaining Scientific-pedagogical Titles and Artistic-pedagogical Titles of Associate Professor and Professor
• Decree of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic no. 614/2002 Coll. on the credit system
• Decree of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic no. 458/2012 on the minimum requirements of students with specific needs
• National Qualifications Framework of the Slovak Republic
• National system of qualifications
• Standards for the Internal System SAAVŠ
• Standards for Study Program SAAVŠ
• Standards for Habilitation Proceedings and Proceedings SAAVŠ
• Methodology for the Evaluation of Standards SAAVŠ

Since 2006, TUKE has implemented and certified a Quality Management System according to ISO 9001, the documentation of which is part of the Internal Quality Assurance System of Higher Education at TUKE.

The TUKE Board of Quality for ISO 9001 ensures the compatibility of the management system of the entire TUKE, all organisational units and processes with the requirements of STN EN ISO 9001.

The TUKE Accreditation Committee and the TUKE Accreditation Board, an advisory body to the Rector, are also part of the TUKE organisational structure from 2022.