The Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR), by the decision of the Register Committee on June 28, 2022, is renewed its inclusion on the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) for 5 years.

Since 2005 the EQAR has been a key organisation, ensuring the further development of the European Higher Education Area by increasing the transparency of quality assurance and providing information on recognised agencies. Entering the EQAR is the highest achievement and recognition for accreditation bodies of the European Higher Education Area.

Inclusion of the IAAR into the EQAR is one of the strategic goals of our agency and to obtain this status, IAAR has undergone a multi-stage evaluation of its activities, which is conducted by leading foreign experts. Obtaining the status of a recognised agency is a confirmation of the compliance of IAAR activities with high international standards and evidence of the trust of such an authoritative organisation.

The re-inclusion of IAAR into EQAR means that all IAAR accredited educational organisations and study programmes are continues to be included in the DEQAR Database of the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).

The European Register DEQAR is a register of educational programmes and educational organisations accredited by European-recognised quality assurance agencies. The main goal of DEQAR is to better inform the world community about accreditation agencies recognised at the European level, as well as about universities that have successfully passed international accreditation.

Today IAAR has submitted more than 2500 review reports from 115 educational organisations in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Romania, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Ukraine to the DEQAR Database.

The inclusion of educational programmes and educational organisations in DEQAR confirms their compliance with ESG and is the basis for the recognition of accredited educational programmes in the territory of the European Higher Education Area.

We would like to thank the IAAR team, members of the Supervisory, Accreditation and Expert Councils, reviewers as well as everyone who was involved in the procedure of international external evaluation of IAAR activities!

We sincerely congratulate the academic community, stakeholders and partners on this wonderful event. We wish you good health and great success in education quality assurance!

Information on the inclusion of IAAR in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is available at the following link https://data.deqar.eu/agency/30