The aim of this course is to introduce students to the core concepts of quality assurance in higher education and to national and international quality processes, and to convey the importance of student engagement in those processes. The course seeks to develop students' awareness of educational quality and to encourage their active participation in quality processes.

The structure of higher education systems; the concept of quality and approaches to quality assurance; internal and external evaluation processes; accreditation mechanisms; the Bologna Process; the European Higher Education Area (EHEA); the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA (ESG); the practices of the Higher Education Quality Council of Türkiye (YÖKAK); the role of student engagement in quality processes; student representation and feedback mechanisms.