On March 30 – April 2, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Armenian National Agrarian University.
The chair of the expert panel is Armenuhi Sargsyan, leading researcher at the Shirak State University, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Ludovic Bonhomme, professor at the Clermont Auvergne University in France and head of research in “Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Biology, Heghine Gevorgyan, researcher at the YSU’s Research Institute, assistant at the Chair of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biotechnology Candidate of Biological Sciences, PhD in Biology, Vahan Kobelyan, head of the Chair of Water Systems, Hydraulic Engineering and Hydropower at the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, director of the "DELTASHIN" LLC, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Khachik Avetisyan, student at the Faculty of Management of the French University in Armenia.
Coordinator of the expert panel is Anahit Terteryan, specialist at ANQA’s Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the education institution's self-evaluation report, the documents attached, as well as conducted desk review.
As part of the external review, the expert panel carried out class observations and observation of resources. The expert panel had meetings with the education institution’s Board of Trustees, rector, vice rectors, group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation, deans, heads of chairs, heads of units, AP managers, academic staff, students, alumni, QA managers and employer representatives.
The expert panel had professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Food Technology", "Greenhouse Agrotechnology" and "Land and Water Resources Management".
The process coming after the site visit is the preparation of an expert panel report, which points out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and contains the recommendations of the expert panel. Based on that report, the education institution will prepare a follow-up plan with a clear schedule.
Next on, ANQA’s Accreditation Committee will make a decision whether to grant accreditation or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.
It should be noted that in 2015 the Armenian National Agrarian University was granted institutional accreditation for a four-year period, and in 2021, institutional accreditation for another four-year period.