Welcome to the

International Accreditation and Recognition Council

Who we are…

The International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC) is a not-for-profit association. The council was founded in 1999 in response to increasing globalisation of world economies and societies, and is currently managed by an elected committee of six education practitioners and industry professionals.

IARC provides opportunities for quality focussed like-minded institutions and educators to network and collaborate, functioning to outline benchmarks for excellence in education.

What we do…

The council’s primary purpose is to provide a simple recognition and accreditation system for distinguishing quality, post secondary education. This includes, but is not limited to, vocational, distance, adult and continuing education in the international education industry. As IARC is a global organisation, we operate independently from government.

We focus on ensuring quality and consistency of courses and services provided by our member’s schools, colleges, universities and institutions. We actively work with those education establishments. Annual auditing and visits are examples of this. Recognition by IARC provides an assurance that a member institution has satisfied a set of academic, ethical and operational standards. IARC standards are unanimously agreed upon by the committee and membership assemblage.

In order to minimise fees, administration costs and the potential for an overlap with similar associations, the scope of the council is limited to the management and promotion of the recognition and accreditation system and its members.

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