The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN)

The fifth President of APQN
Prof Dr. Jianxin Zhang
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APQN Board Member
Dr. JagannathPatil (Ex Officio) Immediate Past President
Prof. Dr. Galina Motova

The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN)

Mission Statement: ‘To enhance the quality of higher education in Asia and the Pacific region through strengthening the work of quality assurance agencies and extending the cooperation between them.’

On January 18, 2003, the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) was founded in the Pearl of the Orient - Hongkong, China. This non-profit, non-governmental organization has been vigorously devoted in improving higher education quality in the Asia-Pacific Region ever since. Throughout the past thirteen years, under the leadership of APQN pioneers and four previous Presidents - Mr. Peter PT Cheung, Ms. Concepcion Pijano, Dr. Antony Stalla, and Dr. JagannathPatil, APQN has been committed to quality higher education and supportive of quality assurance agencies (QAAs) in the region. Over 30 big projects were completed and the achievements were remarkable. All these made APQN a legacy for us to inherit. Today, APQN has 166 members from 38 countries and territories , and is the largest and most influential non-profit international organization in the field of higher education quality assurance in Asia-Pacific Region.

Links to international networks on medical education and accreditation:

• World Federation for Medical Education (WFME);
• The European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – ENQA;
• The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE);
• The Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN);
• Association of Quality Assurance Agencies of the Islamic World (AQAAIW) ;
• Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA);
• IREG;
• The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE);
• The Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE);
• The Assocation of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE);
• ORPHEUS (Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System.) is an association of European biomedical and health science faculties and institutions;
• European Alliance for Subject-Specific and Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance (EASPA);
• National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) India;
• European Quality Assurance Agency (EQAA);
• Asia Pacific Quality Register (APQR).