On April 6-9, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Russian-Armenian University.
The chair of the expert panel is Sargis Asatryants, vice rector for Internationalisation and Reforms of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Mieczyslaw Socha, trained expert of the Polish Accreditation Committee, Doctor of Economics, professor at the University of Warsaw, Ruslan Smelyansky, honoured scientist of the Russian Federation (2002), honoured professor at the Moscow State University, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Hrachya Astsatryan, deputy director for International Projects of the Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems of the NAS of the Republic of Armenia, PhD in Technical Sciences, Tatevik Mkrtchyan, Associate Professor at the Chair of Theory of Economics of the Armenian State University of Economics, PhD in Economics, Vahe Hovhannisyan, student at the Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics of the Yerevan State University.
The chair of the expert panel is Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of 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 rector, vice rectors, chief advisor to the rector, directors of institutes, heads of chairs, head of the Department of Educational Policy and Education Quality Control, heads of departments, AP managers, full-time and adjunct teachers, students, alumni, QA managers and employers.
The expert panel had professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Economics", "Wireless Communication and Sensors" and "Informatics and Applied Mathematics".
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.