New undergraduate and graduate for-credit degree programs that have been approved by the Quality Council on or after September 1, 2011 are detailed in this database, which can be searched in multiple ways: by university, year, program level and/or keyword.

Rigorous quality assurance has long been a priority for Ontario’s publicly assisted universities. Prior to the establishment of the Quality council, the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS) had overseen the quality assurance of graduate programs since the 1960s. Through the submission of new and continuing graduate programs for external review, Ontario universities were early leaders in system-wide quality assurance in higher education. (Programs approved by OCGS are available here.)