Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR)*

Description of the accreditation organization:

IAAR is the first accreditation agency from the CIS countries that have received a high status of recognition from the World Federation of Medical Education WFME / WFME.

The activities of IAAR comply with the quality assurance standards of the European Higher Education Area ESG and the World Federation for Medical Education WFME.

IAAR conducts international institutional and specialized (program) accreditation, which is recognized at the national level (in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova), also carries out international accreditation in Russia, Romania, Uzbekistan and assigns its Quality Mark in other countries. The goal is to ensure high quality of educational services on the basis of international institutional and specialized (program) accreditation of educational organizations and conduct rating studies.

Contact information:

Website:

Visit site

Accreditation standards:

• Independence, objectivity, and professionalism
• Transparency, reliability, and relevance of information on accreditation procedures
• Collegial decision making

Accreditation procedures::

• Aims to reach a high level of development and sustainable growth of IAAR’s potential to ensure high-quality education;
• Implements Policy in the field of quality assurance focused on continuous development and provision of quality services in the field of education quality assessment for consumers at all levels: state, society, educational and scientific organizations, employers, students, and public organizations;
• Improves the quality of activities, improves tools and methodology for conducting accreditation procedures, and introduces innovative approaches to flexibly respond to the social needs of society and market requirements;
• Builds constructive engagement with consumers on principles of feedback and mutually beneficial partnership based on maximum responsibility for the obligations assumed;
• Assists educational organizations in increasing the efficiency and promoting the development of educational and scientific activities in accordance with the best world practice of quality assurance.