Acronyms
| AFRIQAN | African Quality Assurance Network |
| ANQAHE | Arab Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| APQN | Asia-Pacific Quality Network |
| AQAN | ASEAN Quality Assurance Network |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| EHEA | European Higher Education Area |
| EACEA | Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency |
| ENQA | European Network of Quality Assurance |
| EQAR | European Quality Assurance Register |
| ESG | Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area |
| CANQATE | The Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education |
| CEDEFOP | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| CEENQA | Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance |
| CHEA/CIQG | Council of Higher Education Accreditation/International Quality Group |
| CHEA | Council of Higher Education Accreditation |
| GATS | The General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| INQAAHE | International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education |
| IQM | Institutional Quality Management |
| LLL | Life Long Learning |
| TE | Tertiary Education |
| TEQSA | Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |
| HE | Higher Education |
| MOOC | Massive Open Online Courses |
| NQF | National Qualifications Frameworks |
| NZQA | New Zealand Qualifications Authority |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| RPL | Recognition of Prior Learning |
| EQA | External Quality Assurance |
| EQAB | External Quality Assurance Body |
| IQA | Internal Quality Assurance |
| RIACES | La Red Iberoamericana para el Aseguramiento de la Calidad en la Educación Superior (Iberoamerican Quality Assurance Network in Higher Education) |
| SDG | UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |