References/Legislation/Regulation

International Framework
- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) http://www.enqa.eu/
- Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (2015)
- Benchmarking in the Improvement of Higher Education (31 Jan. 2003)
- Decree-Law nº 74/2006 , of March 24th, amended and republished by Decree-Law nº 65/2018 , of August 16th, which approves the requirements for accreditation of study cycles.

National Framework
- Law no. 62/2007 of 10 September - Legal Regime of Higher Education Institutions
- Law No. 38/2007 of 16 August - Legal Regime for the Assessment of the Quality of Higher Education

Links
National
- A3ES
- MCTES - Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
- DGES - General Directorate of Higher Education
- APESP - Portuguese Association of Private Higher Education
- CNE - National Education Council, Portugal
- FCCN - Foundation for National Scientific Computing
- FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
- IPQ - Portuguese Quality Institute

International
- ECA - European Consortium for Accreditation
- ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
- EQAR - European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
- ESU - European Students" Union
- USA - European University Association (former CRE)
- EURASHE - European Association of Institutions in Higher Education
- Eurostat - European Statistical Information
- Eurybase - Database on education systems
- Eurydice - Information Network on Education in Europe
- IAU - International Association of Universities
- INQAAHE - International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
- OECD – Education
- UNESCO - Education Information Service
- UNESCO-CEPES - European Center for Higher Education