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Degree Master of Public and Private Management Year 2014 This research studies ONESQA's higher education assessment indicators which assess higher education quality in the third round of external assessment work (2011-2015). The 18 indicators consist of three groups: basic, distinctive identity, and advancement measurement. The researcher believes that appropriate assessment indicators would improve Thailand's higher education quality, allowing Thai graduates to gain more competitiveness in the ASEAN labor market. This study aims to explain the associated problems when higher education institutes implement ONESQA's higher education assessment indicators. Moreover, all indicators will be examined to see if they are in line with informants' beliefs regarding higher education quality. Qualitative research methods are used in order to identify invisible information through semi-structured interviews with predetermined questions. Thirty percent of higher education institutes in Bangkok and its vicinity where accountancy program are offered were selected by using random table numbers. However, informants without sufficient knowledge of the study's objectives were excluded. A