The Program for Research on Private Higher Education
Dedicated to Building Knowledge about Private Higher Education around the World

National Laws

PROPHE posts laws or summaries of laws about private higher education. Sometimes, as in Tunisia, there is a specific law on private higher education, along with related regulations or decrees. Sometimes, as in China, private higher education is included under a general law on private education. In many countries legal provisions are undeveloped or scattered (see PROPHE Working Paper No.1) and sometimes broader laws on higher education or on business or on nonprofit organizations are pertinent. 

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Country

Private Higher Education Law

Argentina

Argentina: Legal Framework of Private Higher Education
Higher Education Act of 1995 (full text, in Spanish)

Bangladesh

Effort towards a Private Higher Education Law

Brazil

Legal Framework of Private Higher Education
Brazilian National Education Law (full text, in Portuguese)

Bulgaria

Summary of Bulgarian Higher Education Act
Bulgarian Higher Education Act

China

Law on the Promotion of Non-government Education in China
Click here for the original Chinese text of this law.
Click here for the English translation.

Chile

Legal framework for private higher education
Education Act of 1990 (full text, in Spanish)

Czech Republic

Higher Education Act of the Czech Republic
Higher Education Act of the Czech Republic (with amendments marked)
(Source: Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Ethiopia

Provisions for Private Providers in Ethiopia's 2009 Higher Education Proclamation
The Legal Framework for Private Higher Education in Ethiopia

Georgia

The Legal Framework for Georgian Private Higher Education

India

Indian Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Bill

Malaysia

Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 (amended 2006)

Peru

Legal Framework for Peruvian Private Higher Education  
Peruvian Higher Education Law (full text, in Spanish)  
Peru Decree 882 (full text, in Spanish)

Portugal

The Legal Framework for Portuguese Private Higher Education

Russia

The Legal Framework for Russian Non-State Higher Education

Thailand

Summary of Thai Private University Act B.E. 2546 (2003)
Thai Private University Act B.E. 2546 (2003)

Tunisia

Tunisian Private Higher Education Law

Turkey

Overview and Legal Basis of Turkish Private Higher Education
Turkish Higher Education Law
Code of Foundation Higher Education ( 
English / Turkish)