The Aragón Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight (ACPUA) maintains an active policy of institutional cooperation through agreements and addenda with universities, public administrations, and other quality agencies, both national and international.
Below, you can view and download the official texts of our agreements, organised by subject area:
1. Evaluation of teaching and research staff (PDI).
2. Bilateral partnerships and specific agreements with other university quality assurance agencies.
3. Internationalisation and study abroad programmes.
4. Graduate employment and employability studies.
5. Research institutes, student body and relations with the wider higher education system.
1. Evaluation of Teaching and Research Staff (PDI)
Agreements designed to assess merits, research projects and specific teaching levels at various academic institutions.
Agreements in Force
- Public University of Navarre (UPNA) – Young Researchers’ Projects (Agreement 11/2024): Initial framework for the evaluation of research projects carried out by its young research staff. Download Document.
- University of Cantabria (UC) – Individual Merits of Teaching and Research Staff (Agreement 12/2022): Management mandate. Download Document
Public University of Navarre (UPNA) – Young Researchers’ Projects (Addendum 11/2025): Management mandate for the evaluation of projects led by young researchers. Download Document
Previous Agreements
- University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Agreement 12/2016): Management mandate for the evaluation of research carried out by non-permanent teaching staff.
San Jorge University – Evaluation of Teaching and Research Staff Activity (Addendum 06/2019): Formal request for the evaluation of the institution’s teaching and research staff.
San Jorge University – Evaluation of Teaching Activity (Agreement 09/2018): Cooperation aimed at promoting the quality of teaching and research staff at USJ.
University of La Rioja – Research Activity Assessment (Addendum 04/2019): Extension of the management mandate to assess non-permanent teaching and research staff.
University of La Rioja – Research Activity Assessment (Agreement 03/2018): Initial mandate for the research assessment of non-permanent teaching and research staff.
2. Bilateral partnerships and specific agreements with the state agency ANECA and other regional agencies to improve and harmonise accreditation systems.
Current agreements
- ANECA – DOCENTIA Programme (11/2024): Agreement on mutual collaboration within the Programme to Support the Evaluation of Teaching Activity.
Previous Agreements
Andalusian Knowledge Agency (September 2016): Framework agreement for cooperation in the fields of quality assessment, certification and university accreditation.
Madrimasd Knowledge Foundation (March 2016): Cooperation in the areas of quality assessment, certification and accreditation in higher education.
Galician Agency for the Quality of the University System – ACSUG (04/2015): Collaboration agreement for technical cooperation in evaluation and accreditation.
ANECA – EUR-ACE International Seal (04/2015): Specific agreement to integrate the evaluation of the EUR-ACE seal with the procedure for renewing the accreditation of official degree programmes in Aragón.
Agency for Quality in the University System of Castile and León – ACSUCYL (06/2013): Framework collaboration agreement for cooperation in evaluation, certification and accreditation.
3. Internationalisation and Evaluation of Study Programmes Abroad
Strategic agreements and memoranda of understanding focused on the joint accreditation of study programmes outside national borders.
Agreements Currently in Force
Chilean Accreditation Agency (06/2026): Collaboration agreement for the joint accreditation of university degree programmes in Chile. [Download]
Previous Agreements
AQUA Andorra – Memorandum (06/2019): Memorandum of understanding for the evaluation of university programmes in the Principality of Andorra.
AQUA Andorra – Memorandum (09/2018): Memorandum of understanding for the evaluation of programmes at the Universitat d’Andorra and the Universitat Oberta La Salle.
AQUA Andorra – Memorandum (03/2017): Memorandum for the technical evaluation of programmes at the Universitat d’Andorra.
AQU Catalunya – UOC Master’s Degree (03/2017): Collaboration to provide advice on the validation of the curriculum for the Master’s Degree in Evaluation and Quality Management in Higher Education at the Open University of Catalonia.
4. Graduate Employment and Employability Studies
Framework projects and institutional technical addenda aimed at conducting the periodic survey on the employment of graduates from the University System of Aragon.
Previous Agreements
Graduate Employment Survey – Second Addendum (12/2018): Promotion of the study in collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, San Jorge University, the Social Council of the University of Zaragoza and the relevant departments of the Government of Aragon.
Graduate Employment Survey – Addendum (July 2017): Update and technical continuity of the study on the labour market integration of graduates from Aragon.
Graduate Employment Survey – Framework Agreement (10/2015): Founding agreement with the University of Zaragoza, San Jorge University, the Social Council, the Aragonese Institute of Statistics and the Government of Aragon.
5. Research Institutes, Student Affairs and Promotion of the System
Cross-cutting agreements aimed at the evaluation of research institutes, external funding and student participation.
Agreements in Force
CREUP – Student Representatives’ Co-ordinating Committee (10/2024): Framework agreement to promote participation and the integration of the students’ perspective into university quality assurance processes. [Download]
Previous Agreements
Public University of Navarre – I-COMMUNITAS Institute (07/2025): Management mandate for the external evaluation of the University Institute for Advanced Social Research.
San Jorge University – Quality Improvement (October 2017): Framework agreement for the promotion and optimisation of the university system in Aragon.
University of Zaragoza – Quality Improvement (April 2017): Collaboration agreement for the implementation of joint activities to promote quality.
Government of the Principality of Asturias – “Severo Ochoa” Programme (12/2016): Management mandate to assess applications for pre-doctoral grants for training in research and teaching.
For information on exchange and collaboration initiatives with other organisations and stakeholders, see the ACPUA+ SOCIETY Programme.
