Federal Act
on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss
(Higher Education Act, HEdA)

¹ The Swiss Ac­cred­it­a­tion Coun­cil com­prises 15–20 in­de­pend­ent mem­bers; these mem­bers rep­res­ent in par­tic­u­lar high­er edu­ca­tion in­sti­tu­tions, pro­fes­sion­al or­gan­isa­tions, stu­dents, mid-level fac­ulty as well as pro­fess­ors and lec­tur­ers. Teach­ing and re­search fields at high­er edu­ca­tion in­sti­tu­tions as well as gender must be ad­equately rep­res­en­ted. A minor­ity of at least five mem­bers must be mainly in­volved in activ­it­ies abroad.

² On the basis of the Co­oper­a­tion Agree­ment, the High­er Edu­ca­tion Coun­cil elects Ac­cred­it­a­tion Coun­cil mem­bers for a four-year term of of­fice. Each mem­ber may only be re-elec­ted once.

³ On the basis of the Co­oper­a­tion Agree­ment, the Ac­cred­it­a­tion Coun­cil de­cides on ac­cred­it­a­tion in ac­cord­ance with this Act.

⁴ It is in­de­pend­ent.

⁵ It or­gan­ises it­self. It is­sues its own Or­gan­isa­tion­al Reg­u­la­tions; these Or­gan­isa­tion­al Reg­u­la­tions re­quire ap­prov­al by the High­er Edu­ca­tion Coun­cil.

⁶ The Swiss Ac­cred­it­a­tion Coun­cil man­ages its own budget and the budget of the Swiss Ac­cred­it­a­tion Agency; each main­tain their own ac­count­ing re­cords.

⁷ It may re­cog­nise oth­er Swiss or for­eign ac­cred­it­a­tion agen­cies.

⁸ At the re­quest of the Dir­ect­or of the Swiss Ac­cred­it­a­tion Agency, it is­sues Or­gan­isa­tion­al Reg­u­la­tions for the Swiss Ac­cred­it­a­tion Agency; these Or­gan­isa­tion­al Reg­u­la­tions re­quire ap­prov­al by the High­er Edu­ca­tion Coun­cil.