On May 27-30, as part of the institutional accreditation process, ANQA’s expert panel is at the M. Nalbandyan Shirak State University.
The chair of the expert panel is Armen Harutyunyan, vice rector of the Yerevan State Theatre and Film Institute, Candidate of Arts, Associate Professor. The members of the expert panel are Narine Sirakanyan, project manager at the National Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Samvel Karabekyan, chief adviser to the rector at the Armenian State University of Economics, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Mieczyslaw Socha, expert of Polish Accreditation Committee on Higher Education, PhD in Economics, Honorary Professor at the University of Warsaw, Arpine Hakobyan, student at the Department English Language and Literature of the Vanadzor State University.
The coordinator of the expert panel is Meri Barseghyan, specialist at ANQA’s Policy Development Division.
Prior to the site visit, the expert panel studied the institution's self-evaluation, the documents attached, as well as conducted class observations, resource observations and a desk review.
During the site visit, the expert panel had meetings with the institution’s Board of Trustees, rector, vice rectors, the group responsible for the preparation of self-evaluation and alumni. Meetings will also be held with deans, heads of chairs, heads of departments, managers of APs, academic staff, students, quality assurance managers and other stakeholders.
On the second day of the site visit, "professional talks" with the managers, teachers and students of the Aps "Biology", "Service" and "English Language and Literature" will also take place.
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.
ANQA’s Accreditation Committee will make a decision whether to grant accreditation (for two, four or six years) or reject it after studying the package of documents and holding meetings with the education institution’s representatives and experts.
It should be noted that in 2016 , ANQA’s Accreditation Committee granted M. Nalbandyan Shirak State University an institutional accreditation for a period of four years, and in 2022, for two years.