The Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) has conducted audits of the quality systems of higher education institutions (HEIs) since 2005. The goal of the audits is to support Finnish HEIs in developing their quality systems to correspond to the European quality assurance principles 1 and to demonstrate that Finland has competent and systematic national quality assurance in place for higher education. Under the Finnish Universities Act and Polytechnics Act, HEIs are responsible for the quality and continuous development of their education and other operations. Legislation also requires them to regularly perform external evaluations of their operations and quality systems and to publish the results of such evaluations. FINHEEC is an.
