On November 9-12, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel conducts external review at the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi.
The chair of the expert panel is Hayk Kocharyan, head of the Chair of Arabic Studies at the Yerevan State University.
The expert panel members include Narek Kostanyan, senior lecturer at the Department of Service Business Organization at the Armenian State University of Economics, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Naira Hunanyan, teacher of Histology, Embryology and Cytology at the Mkhitar Gosh Armenian-Russian International University, senior researcher at the L. A. Orbeli Institute of Physiology of the NAS RA, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Rolf Heusser, chairman of the scientific board of the German accreditation agency “AHPGS”, coordinator of national support program for young researchers (PHD level), teacher at ETHZ Zurich and the University of Zuric, Irine Pkhakadze, head of the Medical Department and Head of the English-medium MD Programme at Akaki Tsereteli State University, MD, PhD, Khachik Avetisyan, student of the AP "Management" at the French University in Armenia.
The process coordinator is Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of ANQA's Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the institution's self-evaluation, the documents attached, as well as conducted desk review. On the first day of the site visit, the expert panel conducted class observations and resource observations. During the site visit, the expert panel will hold meetings with the institution's rector and vice rectors, representatives of the Board of Trustees, faculty deans and heads of chairs, local and international students, academic staff, head of the AP division, heads of structural units, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation and representatives of the Center for Quality Assurance and Enhancement of Education.
The expert panel will have professional talks with the managers, teaching staff and students of the Aps "Public Health", "General Medicine" and "Dentistry".
Following the site visit, the expert panel will prepare a report against the ten institutional accreditation criteria, pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and providing relevant recommendations. Based on that report, the education institution will develop 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 the study of the document package and meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.
It should be noted that the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi was granted institutional accreditation for a period of four years in 2015 and institutional accreditation for a period of six years in 2020.