Ahead of the re-accreditation of the Northern University, the expert panel held a discussion at ANQA. The experts studied the self-evaluation and respective documents presented by the university, as well as the electronic questionnaire. Before the site visit, the expert panel will conduct a preliminary visit to the institution to implement a class observation.
The members of the expert panel discussed the issues related to the accreditation and ANQA approaches to institutional accreditation with Ruben Topchyan - ANQA director, Varduhi Gyulazyan - head of the Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division, and Meri Barseghyan - expert panel coordinator, specialist of the Policy Development and Implementation Division.
To note, the Northern University is being accredited for the third time. The first accreditation took place in 2015, the second - in 2018, and the university was granted accreditation respectively for a period of 2 and 4 years. The upcoming site visit is planned to be held on April 11-14, 2022.