| AEQES | Agence pour l'Évaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, French Community of Belgium) |
| AIC/AIKA | Academic Information Centre / Latvian Higher Education Quality Agency |
| ANECA | Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (Spain's National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation) |
| ANVUR | National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (Italy) |
| AQ Austria | Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria |
| ARACIS | Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| ASG-QA | African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| ASHE | Agency for Science and Higher Education (Croatia) |
| AVA | Autovalutazione, Valutazione, Accreditamento (Self-Evaluation, Evaluation, Accreditation – Italy's QA system) |
| BC | British Council |
| BIP / BIPs | Blended Intensive Programme(s) |
| CAO | Central Applications Office (Ireland) |
| CIVICA | The European University of Social Sciences (alliance name, not a strict acronym) |
| CIVIS | A European Civic University (alliance name, not a strict acronym) |
| CTA | Common Travel Area (UK–Ireland) |
| CTI | Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (France's engineering degree accreditation commission) |
| CYQAA | Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education |
| DQB | Designated Quality Body |
| EAIE | European Association for International Education |
| ECHE | Erasmus Charter for Higher Education |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EF | EF Education First (company name; publishes the EF English Proficiency Index) |
| EHEA | European Higher Education Area |
| ELT | English Language Teaching |
| EMI | English as a Medium of Instruction |
| ENQA | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| EQAR | European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education |
| EQF | European Qualifications Framework |
| ESG | Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area |
| EUA | European University Association |
| EUTOPIA | European university alliance (proper name, not a strict acronym) |
| FHEQ | The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications of Degree-Awarding Bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| FINEEC | Finnish Education Evaluation Centre |
| FPE | Full Person Equivalent |
| FQHEIS | The Framework for Qualifications of Higher Education Institutions in Scotland |
| HAHE | Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (Greece) |
| HAKA | Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education |
| HEI / HEIs | Higher Education Institution(s) |
| HESA | Higher Education Statistics Agency |
| ICEF | International Consultants for Education and Fairs (publisher of ICEF Monitor) |
| IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
| LRC | Lisbon Recognition Convention |
| LSE | London School of Economics |
| MAB | Hungarian Accreditation Committee (Magyar Akkreditációs Bizottság) |
| MFHEA | Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (formerly NCFHE) |
| MoU / MoUs | Memorandum / Memoranda of Understanding |
| NAB/NAU | National Accreditation Bureau for Tertiary Education (Czechia) |
| NEAA | National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (Bulgaria) |
| NI | Northern Ireland |
| NVAO | Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) |
| OfS | Office for Students (England) |
| PAC | Polish Accreditation Committee (also referred to as PKA) |
| PAQAF | Pan-African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework |
| PKA | Polska Komisja Akredytacyjna (Polish Accreditation Committee, also referred to as PAC) |
| QAA | Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |
| QQI | Quality and Qualifications Ireland |
| RoI | Republic of Ireland |
| ROQA-TNE | Robust Quality Assurance of TNE (Erasmus-funded project) |
| SAAHE | Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education |
| SEEP | Scottish Education Exchange Programme |
| SKVC | Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania) |
| SQAA/NAKVIS | Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats |
| TNE | Transnational Education |
| UUKi | Universities UK International |
| VLUHR | Vlaamse Universiteiten en Hogescholen Raad (Flemish Council of Universities and Colleges) |
| YUFE | Young Universities for the Future of Europe (university alliance) |