The Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development

In August 2021 AKKORK agency successfully completed several quality assurance projects as part of professional - public and international accreditation procedures. Latest project of AKKORK at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Moscow) was completed. Two professional programmes in the field of Psychology	z
successfully passed the external evaluation. The quality of implementation and compliance with the requirements of the modern labor market were confirmed by the programmes during the meeting of the AKKORK International Accreditation Council.

As part of an international peer review at Petrozavodsk State University (Petrozavodsk) for the purposes of professional and public and international accreditation, the educational programmes of higher education Economics and Management were assessed. At the meetings of the Russian Managers Association Accreditation Council and the AKKORK International Accreditation Council, the results of expert opinions on the results of external quality assessment of the educational programs of PetrSU
were considered and decisions were made on the professional - public and international accreditation of the declared programs. Members of the AKKORK International Accreditation Council noted the modernity and relevance of the programs and decided to accredit the declared programs for a period of 4 years.

Members of the Russian Managers Association Accreditation Council accredited the following programmes for a period of 4 years and noted the compliance of knowledge, skills, and abilities of the graduates of the declared programs of PetrSU with quality standards and a framework of qualifications recognized by the Russian Managers Association.

Another big international project was held at the Samara State Technical University (SamSTU) (Samara). Six educational programmes of SamSTU received international accreditation from AKKORK for a period of 4 years. They were also awarded the Chemistry Eurolabel®, for a period of 5 years, which confirms the high level of training in accordance with the European Qualifications Framework.

The award of the Chemistry Eurolabel® mark increases the prestige of educational programmes in Europe and guarantees a high quality of education, providing reliable information about the quality of the programmes and the competence of the graduates for taking the graduate to the next level of study or employment. Students who have completed these programs have the opportunity to continue their education at European universities, whose programs have also received the Chemistry Eurolabel®, and take entrance tests under the same conditions as applicants from European countries.

The fact that the programmes of the Samara State Technical University received the Eurolabel® in Chemistry among the first universities in the Russian Federation is significant in the light of the adoption by UNESCO of the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education.

The Convention includes principles for strengthening international ties in the field of higher education and will ensure the improvement of communication, the process of recognition and quality assurance in education.