Piloting standards and criteria for specialized accreditation of doctoral programs of universities of the Republic of Armenia.

As part of the implementation of the Erasmus + project "PROMOTING INTERNATIONALIZATION OF RESEARCH THROUGH ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF CYCLE 3 QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN LINE WITH THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION" C3QA, on April 29-30, piloting standards and criteria for specialized accreditation of doctoral programs of the French University in Armenia), State Academy of Arts of Armenia (Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts), Yerevan State University (Yerevan State University).

The participants of the project participated in the piloting: members of the working group of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, project leader for methodology, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Adilgazinov GZ; Head of the Department of Accreditation of Universities and Research Institutes (Centers) Ph.D., Associate Professor Zh.K. Akhmadieva, and also Head of the Department of Chemical Technology of Inorganic Substances of M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University, Ph.D., Professor Seitmagzimova G.M., Head of the Accreditation Department of the South Kazakhstan State University named after M.Auezov.

Experts familiarized themselves with the standards and criteria for specialized accreditation of doctoral programs of the National Center for Quality Assurance of Vocational Education Foundation (ANQA), reports on self-assessment of the Doctoral programs of Law of the French University in Armenia, Biology of Yerevan State University (Yerevan State University), “Visual Arts, Design and Decorative and Applied Arts” of the State Academy of Arts of Armenia (Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts). In accordance with the program, a visual inspection of the material and technical base, program support services, interviews with the management of universities, faculty, doctoral students was carried out, and a selective study of documentation was conducted.