Learn about the many benefits to a BC post-secondary educational institution for having the provincial EQA Designation.

• EQA Designation will provide institutions access to use the official government mark (the EQA brand) that will be recognized worldwide as an assurance of quality instruction for post-secondary education
• EQA will assist institutions in showcasing their unique academic excellence to be marketed and promoted to students nationally and internationally as government recognized quality institutions
• EQA seal will identify to students BC institutions’ ethical commitment to superior education and their commitment to providing quality post-secondary education and consumer protection for international students wishing to pursue studies in British Columbia
• EQA institutions will be included as government recognized institutions on an elite government-supported registry accessible to students, federal and foreign governments
• EQA will give institutions access to international marketing and promotion collateral, providing an edge at international education fairs, trade missions, and wherever Canadian institutions are represented on the international scene
• EQA reduces any confusion caused by various quality assurance processes for the different types of post-secondary institutions in British Columbia
• EQA increases confidence in the integrity of BC’s public and private educational system
• EQA protects BC’s reputation and promotes BC internationally as a preferred place to live, work and invest
• EQA responds to a provincially and nationally identified need for a unified Education Quality Assurance program that will endeavour to effectively profile the quality and capacity of the provincial education sector