Membership of CODE includes the option to join a continuous quality assessment audit scheme. There are two types of voluntary audits:

* Audit of courses. Quality assessment audit of specific courses and study programmes.

* Institutional audits. Quality assessment audits of an institution. These will cover all educational programmes offered and will require verification of the following:

- Main premises and facilities of the institution

- Educational technology

- Student access to electronic texts and sources

- Methodology of course evaluation and examinations

- Academic Staff, Qualifications and work relations

- Information technology resources

- Research programmes

- Staff development programmes

- Joint programmes with other academic institutions

- Verification of the system of educational management

- Monitoring of defects identified and of remedial actions undertaken

The cost of a specific audit will be determined by the size of the institution, the nature of the course or courses, and the geographic spread of support delegations. Membership of CODE is a prerequisite for audit requests.