RAEQHE – Romanian Agency that ensures quality in higher education (ARACIS – Agenția Română de asigurare a calității în învățământul superior) is an autonomous public institution of national interest, with legal personality and its own budget of income and expenses. The Agency is not subject to political interference or to any other. The RAEQHE mission is to make the external evaluation of the quality of education provided by institutions of higher education and other organizations that provide study programs specific to higher education, that operate in Romania in order to: Test, on the basis of quality standards, the capacity of the organizations that provide education to meet the beneficiaries’ expectations; Contribute to the development of an institutional culture of quality in higher education;