11 Armenian universities will undergo an external review within the TEMPUS VERITAS project for evaluation of their academic program of a researcher.
On April 3-7 for this purpose the expert panel will make site-visits to NAS RA International Scientific Educational Center, RA Public Administration Academy, Yerevan Stet Academy of Fine Arts, National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia, Yerevan State University, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences, Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Gavar State University, Vanadzor State University and Northern University.
The expert panel is composed of two Armenian, one international and one student experts and one reviewer from a partner university. The process is coordinated by ANQA specialists.
Before the review, the VERITAS stakeholder universities had developed an academic program of a researcher, then conducted a self-assessment report and presented it to ANQA.
VERITAS (STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD CYCLE BASED ON SALZBURG PRINCIPLES) is a three-year national project. The wider objective of the project is to ameliorate doctoral education in Armenian Higher Education System through alignment with European Qualifications Framework and Salzburg Principles.