ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING DIVISION

Accreditation and Licensing division

Head of Accreditation and Licensing division

Aldiyar Agishev

Tel.: +7(727) 377-33-33 (int. 1659)

Е-mail: agishev.aldiyar@kaznu.kz 

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University cooperates with such international accreditation agencies as ACQUIN, ASIIN, AQA, FIBAA on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 27, 2007 No. 319-III "On Education" (as amended as of July 04, 2018) (Article 9-1) and the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 5 July 2008 No. 61-IV "On accreditation in the field of conformity assessment" (as amended as of March 29, 2016). These organizations are members of international associations and networks for quality assurance ENQA, ECA, CEENQA, INQAAHE, EUA, EQAR. 

Accreditation is the result of evaluating an educational program or higher education institution in accordance with quality standards. The purpose of accreditation is to ensure the quality and assess the compliance of the organization of education and educational programs with European standards (ESG 2015) and to ensure market transparency.

As of September 1, 2022, 258 educational programs (bachelor's degree - 79, master's degree - 98 and doctoral degree - 81) successfully passed a specialized accreditation.

The main activities of the Service for Accreditation and Licensing of Educational Programs include the following:

• Implementation of accreditation and licensing procedures for educational programs
• Interaction with international and national accreditation agencies within the framework of institutional and specialized accreditation;
• Planning and implementation of measures for accreditation and licensing of educational programs, making proposals for the university management on the possibility of accreditation of new educational programs;
• Submission of applications for institutional and specialized accreditation;
• Advising faculties on improving the quality of educational programs and preparing self-assessment reports for successful accreditation in accordance with European Quality Standards.
• Conducting consultations and seminars for faculty staff and departments on accreditation and licensing issues within the competence of the service;
• Support of the external audit procedure of experts of international and national accreditation agencies for external evaluation within the framework of institutional and specialized accreditation;
• Organization of external meetings and interviews of the expert group of accreditation agencies with the University management, faculty, employers and students;
• Intra-university monitoring and control of the activities of the university faculties and departments to implement recommendations and eliminate comments provided by accreditation agencies;
• Coordination of meetings of experts from different fields of activity, with representatives of research institutes within the framework of international accreditation of educational programs.
• Support of the members of the Committee for Control in the Field of Education and Science during the period of post-licensing control of educational programs 

Information about the institutional accreditation of the university