Legal Framework

ANECA is the body responsible for carrying out evaluation, certification and accreditation activities of the Spanish university system with the aim of its continuous improvement and adaptation to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

ANECA was created by the Organic Law on Universities 6/2001, of December 21, as a Foundation attached to the Ministry of Education, and its functions were expanded in 2007 (LOMLOU 4/2007, of April 12). Law 15/2014, of September 16, on the rationalization of the Public Sector and other administrative reform measures, gave it its definitive status as an Autonomous Body of the General Administration of the State, attached to the Ministry responsible for universities.

In this section you can find the regulations, guidelines and legal documents that govern the operation of ANECA.