Polytechnics Pula, Accredited High Technical Business School, has finished the process of re-accreditation in May 2012 with relatively high grades and accreditation recommendation and with the Letter of Expectance without the prohibition of the student entry.

The re-accreditation procedure is implemented in accordance with the Article 22 of Act on Quality Insurance in Higher Education once in five years, and it provides a detailled insight into the quality of work of higher education institution, to establish whether it fulfills the conditions for renewal of the licence for work. In such manner, the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) protects the public interest and ensures that the accredited higher education in implemented only by the institution which satisfy the prescribed quality criteria. 

            The areas which are being evaluated are: 1. Higher education institution management and quality insurance, 2. Study programmes, 3. Students, 4. Teachers, 5. Scientific and research activity, 6. Mobility and international cooperation and 7. Resources. Possible grades are in scope of five categories: not implemented (1), in the first stages of implementation (2), partially implemented (3), mostly implemented (4) and completely implemented (5). Depending upon the achieved results, the possible outcomes are denial of the licence, issuing of the letter of expectance (with or without the prohibition of the student entry), and issuing of the licence on the fulfillment of conditions for activity implementation (licence renewal).  In accreditation recommendation, the period of follow up is also stated; within that period, the Higher education institution is obliged to inform the Accreditation committee about the implemented measures of quality improvement based upon the recommendations from the committee report. 

            Polytechnics in Pula, Higher Technical Business School has acquired highest grades for two criteria (completely implemented 5: Higher education institution management and quality insurance, Study programmes),  four criteria have been awarded the grade (mostly completed 4: Students, Teachers, Scientific and research activity, Resources), and one criteria was awarded the grade (in the first stages of implementation 2: Mobility and international cooperation), and in such way, it achieved 28 out of 35 possible points, i.e. 80%.  Based upon the above mentioned facts, the Minister of science and higher education, on the recommendation of the Agency for Science and Higher Education has issued the Letter of Expectance for the Polytechnics in Pula for implementation of the activity of higher education, with the deadline of three years for removal of the shortcomings related to the Mobility and international cooperation.

            The review of the results of re-accreditation of all higher education institution in Republic of Croatia which have finished the process until now is available in the web site of  AZVO: www.azvo.hr/hr/akreditacijske-preporuke.