As a consultativebody the Council:

• advises the Government of the RS in the
  • planning of the development of higher education,
  • preparation and adoption of higher - education legislation;
• in cooperation with higher - education institutions and the ministry, responsible for higher education, prepares professional starting points for the design of the national programme <//u>of higher education.

As an accreditation body the Council:

• determines the criteria for
  • accreditation and re-accreditation of HEls and study programmes,
  • the design and accreditation of joint study programmes (apply the principles on establishing EHEA and other international principles),
  • credit assessment of study programmes under ECTS,
  • transfers between study programmes,
  • recognising knowledge and skills acquired prior to enrolment in the programmeor outside the programme;
• cooperates with foreign accreditation institutions and their experts,
• provides professional opinions an compliance with conditions for the establishment or transformation of a HEI,
• gives consent for study programmes and for changes of their compulsory components,
• gives repeat consent for study programmesat least every seven years (respect the findings from self-evaluation and external evaluation reports).

As an evaluating body the Council:

• attends to the quality of HE and post secondary vocational education,
• determines criteria for monitoring, assessment and assurance of quality in the higher education institutions, study programmes, in science, research, artistic and professional work,
• cooperates with HE and PSVE institutions or bodies for evaluation,
• organizes training of external evaluation committees,
• publishes reports on individual external evaluations,
• gathers and analyses report on self-evaluations and external evaluations,
• performs external evaluation proceedings,
• appoints committees for external evaluations.

As a habilitation body the Council:

• determines the criteria for habilitation procedures of the habilitation senate of the Council,
• gives professional opinion to the criteria of HEls for electing teachers and scientific staff,
• forms a habilitation committee for those who apply for it,
• issues provisions on elections of HE teachers, scientific staff and HE staff,
• gives consent to independent HEls for electing HE teachers, scientific staff and HE staff.

Composition of the Council

• experts in the field of higher education, science and technology and post secondary vocational education,
• representatives of students, employees and employers.
  • 3 rectors of universities,
  • the chairman of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Art