Press-Center: News and Past events News Past events IQAA Charity Event – 2024 17 December 2024 Accreditation Council Meeting on November 16, 2024 18 November 2024 IQAA employees took part in the international conference "CONNECTED 2024" 21 October 2024 Supervisory Board Meeting of October 11, 2024 14 October 2024 Visit to IQAA by ENQA and EQAR executives 03 October 2024 Results of the VII Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 30 September 2024 Statement from the members of the Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN) 13 September 2024 Internal training seminar 03 September 2024 Message from the President to the people of Kazakhstan 03 September 2024 VII Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 02 September 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on July 13, 2024 15 July 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on June 29, 2024 01 July 2024 Post-accreditation monitoring of ENQA 19 June 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on June 8, 2024 10 June 2024 IQAA recognition by the National Accreditation Council of the Kyrgyz Republic 31 May 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on May 25, 2024 27 May 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on May 11, 2024 13 May 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on March 30, 2024 01 April 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on March 16, 2024 18 March 2024 Board of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 14, 2024. 15 February 2024 The forum "Ensuring the quality of higher education: the state and prospects of development" dated January 29, 2024 31 January 2024 A meeting of the Supervisory Board and a summary report on the main results of IQAA's activities for 2023 28 January 2024 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on December 23, 2023 25 December 2023 IQAA annual charity event for single pensioners and disabled people 20 December 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on December 09, 2023 10 December 2023 The 80th anniversary was celebrated by Mukhtar Auezov South Kazakhstan University 20 November 2023 MICE Ambassador Meeting, November 8, 2023 09 November 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on November 4, 2023 06 November 2023 Conference of Rectors of Universities of Central Asia, October 31, 2023 01 November 2023 ENQA General Assembly 2023, 25-27 October, Dublin, Ireland 30 October 2023 Information on the VI Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 15 October 2023 VI Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education «New Ways of Transforming Higher Education» dedicated to the 15th anniversary 09 October 2023 Minister of Science and Higher Education congratulated the President of IQAA Sholpan Murtazovna Kalanova on her birthday 05 September 2023 State of the Nation Address by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2023 04 September 2023 For the first time Astana hosted the Forum of Higher Education and Science on the topic "Development of human capital as the basis of the country's economic growth" 24 August 2023 IQAA honored the work of one of the founders of INQAAHE, Dr. David Woodhouse, for his outstanding contribution to quality assurance at a global level by presenting a national clothes 14 July 2023 Thanks from the President of INQAAHE 13 July 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on June 24, 2023 25 June 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on June 10, 2023 10 June 2023 IQAA organized the 17th INQAAHE 2023 Biennial Conference "Roadmap to Enabling Quality in Tertiary Education 2030" 02 June 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on May 06, 2023 10 May 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 1 April 2023 03 April 2023 IQAA organized the training in the framework of the international project of KazDual "Inplementing Dual System in Kazakhstan" 05 March 2023 IQAA took part in the GAIN online meeting on combating academic cheating 15 February 2023 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 24 December 2022 26 December 2022 IQAA Annual Charity Campaign for Senior Citizens 20 December 2022 Happy Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 16 December 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 10 December 2022 12 December 2022 Chairman of the IQAA Supervisory Board Kulekeyev J.A. Awarded the Order of Barys, 3rd Class 14 November 2022 IQAA took part in ENQA General Assembly 2022 14 November 2022 Renewal of IQAA registration in the European Quality Assurance Register of Higher Education Agencies (EQAR) 14 November 2022 Report on the V Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 11 October 2022 The International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) invites proposals for 2023 INQAAHE Conference 10 October 2022 UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (Canada) has posted an announcement about the upcoming V Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 09 September 2022 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s State of the Nation Address “A fair state. One Nation. Prosperous Society" 02 September 2022 Invitation to the annual V Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 25 August 2022 IQAA took part in the training of KazDual Consortium on August 16-18, 2022 19 August 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 2 July 2022 07 July 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 18 June 2022 20 June 2022 Congratulations to Sayasat Nurbek on his appointment as the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 13 June 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 28 May 2022 30 May 2022 KAZGUU hosted a presentation of published books dedicated to the 50th anniversary of scientific and social activities of Sergey Udartsev 27 May 2022 Internal seminar on the study of foreign experience in preparation of external evaluation reports 11 May 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 30 April 2022 05 May 2022 Reconfirmation of IQAA membership in ENQA 03 May 2022 Kazakhstan President received well-known public figure and Chairman of the IQAA Supervisory Board 25 April 2022 Chairman of the IQAA Accreditation Council took part in a meeting chaired by the Head of State on amendments to the Constitution of the RK 23 April 2022 Internal seminar on the study of foreign experience in preparation of external evaluation reports 15 April 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 9 April 2022 12 April 2022 Happy Nauryz! 22 March 2022 IQAA employees took part in Hong-Kong Symposium on Internationalisation and Quality Management in Higher Education 18 March 2022 State-of-the-Nation Address by President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev 17 March 2022 IQAA took part in the European MICROBOL Conference 09 March 2022 Internal training seminar on improving external evaluation reports 15 February 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 8 January 2022 11 January 2022 Meeting of the Accreditation Council dated December 25, 2021 28 December 2021 IQAA annual charity event for single pensioners and the people with disabilities 22 December 2021 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on December 11, 2021 13 December 2021 The President of the IQAA was awarded with medal "Kurmet" high state award 10 December 2021 DEQAR CONNECT conference "From Data to Policy - Linking Quality Assurance and Recognition" 10 December 2021 IQAA took part in the European Quality Assurance Forum 2021 23 November 2021 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on 06 November 2021 08 November 2021 IQAA held the IV Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 02 November 2021 IQAA received the majority of votes and was chosen to host INQAAHE Conference in 2023 21 October 2021 IQAA took part in ENQA Working Group on Academic Integrity 13 October 2021 IV Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, October 28-29, 2021 08 October 2021 IQAA participated in the KazDual Consortium Meeting "Implementing Dual System in Kazakhstan" 07 October 2021 IQAA participation in the webinar “ESG Compliance: Challenges and experiences learned from the EQAR registration process” 06 October 2021 IQAA took part in the DEQAR Masterclass 24 September 2021 Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) is among industry leaders again 22 September 2021 Address of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the people of Kazakhstan 01 September 2021 Head of IQAA held the meeting with the Leadership of the British Council 31 August 2021 Congratulations on the Anniversary of the Chairman of the Accreditation Council Sergey Fedorovich Udartsev! 28 August 2021 IQAA signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the UK 25 August 2021 ENQA Working Group on Academic Integrity 28 July 2021 The final meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council for the 2020-21 academic year was held 05 July 2021 ENQA Working Group on Academic Integrity 01 July 2021 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on June 19, 2021 21 June 2021 ESG Coverage of Higher Education Systems in Europe 04 June 2021 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on May 22, 2021 24 May 2021 Happy Victory Day! 09 May 2021 Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day 07 May 2021 The Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) took part in the ENQA General Assembly online 23 April 2021 ENQA online Member’s Forum: Online quality assurance – experiences from ENQA members 22 April 2021 Training seminar "The role of experts-representatives of employers in external quality assurance" 15 April 2021 International program accreditation of educational programs of Baku State University 08 April 2021 ARACIS external review experts 06 April 2021 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on March 27, 2021 02 April 2021 Happy Nauryz! 19 March 2021 Happy Women's Day! 10 March 2021 In memory of professor Andrei Verbitsky 24 February 2021 MES RK held a meeting on improving the quality of education in higher education institutions of Kazakhstan 23 February 2021 Training seminar "The role of students in external quality assurance" 17 February 2021 Training seminar on organizing an external assessment 10 February 2021 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on January 23 26 January 2021 Happy New Year 2021! 31 December 2020 Letter of gratitude from the Center for Social Services "Sharapat" 29 December 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on December 26 28 December 2020 External review in the frames of institutional accreditation of the "Karlygash" kindergarten December 9-11, 2020 20 December 2020 The IQAA team has organized another annual charity event to help lonely elderly people and children with disabilities 20 December 2020 Competition for the best office design for the New Year 2021 19 December 2020 Happy Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 15 December 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on December 12 14 December 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on November 28 30 November 2020 Dear students, teachers and employees of higher educational institutions! 24 November 2020 Participation of IQAA in the XVII Republican forum of the Alliance of Students of Kazakhstan and the II Republican rally of the Committee on Youth Affairs 13 November 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on November 7, 2020 09 November 2020 NGO "Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA)" has received the Independent business award "Industry Leader 2020" 30 October 2020 International Online Forum "Global in the Regional: Kazakhstan in the Bologna Process and EU Projects" 22 October 2020 Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment" 19 October 2020 IQAA took part in the International Forum INQAAHE 2020 07 October 2020 Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment" 21 September 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on July 25, 2020 27 July 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on June 20, 2020 22 June 2020 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on May 30, 2020 01 June 2020 Kick-off Webinar for quality assurance agencies in the frames of the DEQAR CONNECT project 12 May 2020 Happy Great Victory Day! 09 May 2020 Happy Fatherland Defenders Day! 07 May 2020 Happy Unity Day of People of Kazakhstan! 01 May 2020 Meeting of the Accreditation Council on April 24, 2020 27 April 2020 Official launch of the DEQAR Connect project 02 April 2020 Congratulations on the Nauryz! 21 March 2020 Forbes interview with Zhaksybek Kulekeyev on consequences of the public emergencies introduction for the country 16 March 2020 The President of RK has held several meetings 16 March 2020 Happy Women's Day! 06 March 2020 The newspaper "Egemen Kazakhstan" published an article about the ratings of universities in Kazakhstan 21 February 2020 Happy New Year 2020! 08 January 2020 The final meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council in 2019 was held on December 28, 2019 30 December 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on December 21, 2019 21 December 2019 IQAA team organized a regular annual charity event to help single elderly people 20 December 2019 EQAF 2019 – Supporting societal engagement of higher education 29 November 2019 On October 10, 2019, IQAA held a dissemination seminar on the outcomes of the Erasmus + C3QA project in Kazakhstan 15 October 2019 Dissemination conference on the Erasmus+ "C3QA" project's outcomes on October 10, 2019, Nur-Sultan 08 October 2019 Dear Teachers! 04 October 2019 Meeting with "Alliance of students of Kazakhstan" 01 October 2019 Mass Media about the forum held by the Agency 25 September 2019 II Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Transformation through Digitalization: Universities and Quality Assurance" 18 September 2019 The Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivered his State of the Nation Address 02 September 2019 Happy September 1st - Knowledge Day! 02 September 2019 Congratulations on the Constitution Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 31 August 2019 Second Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Transformation through Digitalization: Universities and Quality Assurance" 15 July 2019 Training workshop on digitization for employees of the Agency 09 July 2019 About recognition of Independent Agency for quality assurance in education (IQAA) in the National register of accreditation agencies of The Kyrgyz Republic 05 July 2019 "National ranking of colleges of Kazakhstan - 2019" 27 June 2019 Specialized accreditation at the International University of Kyrgyzstan 27 June 2019 One-day salaries of employees and an additional 1.0 million tenge from the IQAA are transferred to the fund of assistance to victims in Arys 26 June 2019 The last meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council in the current academic year was held on June 22, 2019 24 June 2019 Congratulations to Mr. Askhat Aimagambetov on his appointment as Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 14 June 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on June 8, 2019 11 June 2019 Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum 2019 "Future Ready Graduates" 6 June - 7 June, Nur-Sultan 10 June 2019 The International Conference of Experts on Quality Assessment in Education was held on May 27, 2019 29 May 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on May 25, 2019 29 May 2019 IQAA’s participation in IREG 2019 Conference Rankings: A Challenge to Higher Education? (Bologna, Italy, 8-10 May 2019) 21 May 2019 Happy Victory Day! 08 May 2019 International Conference of Experts on Quality Assurance in Education 08 May 2019 Congratulations on the Day of Defender of the Fatherland! 07 May 2019 Congratulations on the Holiday of the Unity of the People of Kazakhstan! 01 May 2019 IQAA’s participation in the 9th ENQA Members' Forum 30 April 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on April 20, 2019 22 April 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on March 30, 2019 02 April 2019 Congratulations on the Nauryz! 26 March 2019 Dear women! We congratulate you with the International women's day - the 8th of March! 06 March 2019 Congratulations to Kulyash N. Shamshidinova on her appointment as the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan! 26 February 2019 Follow-up by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) 22 February 2019 The extended meeting of the Board of the MES RK was held on February 15, 2019 18 February 2019 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on January 19, 2018 22 January 2019 Happy New Year 2019! 25 December 2018 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on December 22, 2018 25 December 2018 Regard and care of the Agency’s staff – to the older generation, large families and children with disabilities 20 December 2018 A TV and air curtain – a gift to the pupils of Social service center "Nurly Zhurek" and children's Homes 20 December 2018 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on December 8, 2018 11 December 2018 A newspaper "Bilimdi el-Educated country" devoted first pages of a regular issue to publications on international level events organized by IQAA 07 November 2018 The ENQA Secretariat in its letter expressed its gratitude to the management and staff of the Agency as a co-organizer in the preparation and holding the 9th General Assembly of ENQA 26 October 2018 According to the decision of the ENQA Board, the 9th Annual General Assembly was held in Astana on October 18-19, 2018 for the first time in the CIS countries 26 October 2018 On October 17, 2018, in the Radisson Hotel Astana, IQAA held a greeting pre-event workshop for 44 participants within General Assembly of ENQA 26 October 2018 On October 16, 2018, the management of The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) held a working meeting with the IQAA team 26 October 2018 The staff of the Agency took part in the international workshop 24 October 2018 On October 15, 2018 IQAA held an international conference on quality assurance in higher education on "Training of external review group and report preparation" 24 October 2018 Professor Sh.M.Kalanova held another lecture at Nazarbayev University 13 October 2018 President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered the annual Address to the Nation of Kazakhstan "Growing welfare of Kazakh citizens: increase in income and quality of life" 05 October 2018 September 22, 2018 Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education held a meeting of the Supervisory Board 25 September 2018 On September 20-21 IQAA held Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Forward to the Future: Trends, Problems and Perspectives of Quality Assurance in Higher Education" 25 September 2018 The training seminar "Accreditation of technical and vocational traning" was held on the basis of CSE Mangistau college of tourism on 13th of September 2018 18 September 2018 There was a Republican August Conference of teachers on "Human capital under the conditions of the Fourth Industrial Revolution" 24 August 2018 The President of the IQAA, Professor Sh. Kalanova delivered lectures for attendees of Nazarbayev University 04 July 2018 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on June 23, 2018 04 July 2018 The rating of the best universities of Kazakhstan - 2018 is announced! 15 June 2018 The meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council was held on June 9, 2018 10 June 2018 VII Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum 2018 "Innovating Higher Education in the Age of Disruption" 07 June 2018 BI University has been accredited by the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education 04 June 2018 On May 30-31, 2018, a session on "Construction of Internal and External Quality Assurance Tools" was held in Lyon (France) 01 June 2018 On May 24-25, 2018 the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) Ministerial Conference was held in Paris (France), in which the Minister of Education and Science of the RK Yerlan Sagadiev took a part 31 May 2018 On May 19th 2018 there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council 21 May 2018 On April 29th 2018 there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation Council 21 May 2018 On April 23-24, 2018, the UNESCO regional meeting for Eastern Europe and Central Asia "The role of quality assurance in higher education: achievements, challenges and prospects" was held 29 April 2018 On April 19-20, 2018, the 8th Forum of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) was held 29 April 2018 IQAA conducted the National Discussion on Amendments to the legal acts concerning the legal framework for the training of PhD candidates in HEIs 11 April 2018 IQAA conducted an international training seminar: "Management of Internal Quality Assurance System in Higher Education" 11 April 2018 On March 31, 2018, there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation council 10 April 2018 IQAA is holding a national discussion on amending the legal and regulatory instruments that are related to the regulatory framework of training PhD students in HEIs 16 March 2018 IQAA is going to conduct an international training seminar: "Management of Internal Quality Assurance System in Higher Education" 03 March 2018 IQAA representatives took part in the 5th UNESCO Regional Consultation Meeting for Western Europe in cooperation with the Swiss Accreditation and Quality Assurance Agency 03 March 2018 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the Republican seminar "Training of Teachers in Colleges of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Requirements and New Opportunities" 12 February 2018 On 27 January 2018 there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation council 31 January 2018 IQAA has organized a training session for new employees 26 January 2018 Publication of the new annual Address of the President to the Nation of Kazakhstan 12 January 2018 The staff of IQAA organized another annual charity event to help lonely elderly people and children with disabilities 25 December 2017 On 9 December 2017 there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation council 11 December 2017 On 4 November 2017 there was a meeting of the IQAA Accreditation council 06 November 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the 8th ENQA General Assembly 30 October 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the seminar for recently reviewed agencies (12 – 13 October 2017) 17 October 2017 On 6 October 2017 IQAA organized a workshop on the topic: "Design of Study Programmes on the Basis of Competencies, Student-Centered Teaching and Quality Assurance" 09 October 2017 IQAA conducted a regular International Training Session on the topic: "Student-Centred Learning, Teaching and Assessment: Principles and Technologies" 06 October 2017 The National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken" conducted a seminar "Ratings as an effective tool for assessing the quality of HEIs" 27 September 2017 The "Perspektywy" Education Foundation and the International Cooperation Comission of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities in cooperation with the Embassy of Poland and IQAA 04 September 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the seminar, which was held in the framework of the Days of Finnish Education at the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017 "Global Pedagogical Education" 26 August 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in a Webinar organized by the CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG) 11 July 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the training session on External and Internal Quality Assurance of Cycle 3 Programs of the Erasmus+ Project in Kyiv, Ukraine (4-6 June, 2017) 10 July 2017 IQAA HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE EUROPEAN QUALITY ASSURANCE REGISTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION - EQAR 26 June 2017 Representatives of IQAA participated in the seminar organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia 22 June 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the session on Nazarbayev University experience translation "Institutional Quality Assurance and Enhancement Processes" 01 June 2017 On 31 May 2017 the President of IQAA took part in the reporting meeting of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sagadiyev E.K. with the citizens 31 May 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the National Meeting on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training 25 May 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in the 7th ENQA Member’s Forum in Oslo, Norway (4-5 May, 2017) 08 May 2017 Representatives of IQAA took part in CEENQA General Assembly and Workshop (28 - 29 April, 2017) 01 May 2017 IQAA organized a seminar for heads and representatives of HEIs on the topic: "The Framework for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)" 06 March 2017 IQAA HAS BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ENQA) 04 March 2017 Representatives of IQAA participated in the conference "Social dimension of e-learning – Addressing challenges through QA" 15 December 2016 Representatives of IQAA participated in the international conference "Accreditation as an instrument for quality assurance in education" 03 December 2016 Representatives of IQAA took part in the international conference "Kazakhstan in the Bologna Process: Achievements and Prospects" 29 November 2016 Representatives of IQAA participated in the international seminar-meeting dedicated to the issues of quality in education 23 June 2016 On June 18th 2016, the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) held a meeting of the Accreditation Council 18 June 2016 The President of IQAA, Kalanova Sh., presented a report at the international scientific forum "Academic Integrity: issues and perspectives. Best practices" 22 May 2016 Representatives from IQAA participated in the CEENQA 15th Anniversary General Assembly and Workshop 15 May 2016 Representatives of IQAA took part in the EQUIP workshop on the topic of effective use of ESG 11 May 2016 Representatives of IQAA took part in the 6th ENQA Member’s Forum (Budapest, Hungary, April 28-29, 2016) 30 April 2016 On February 5th, 2016 there was a holding of the extended meeting of the collegium of the MES RK 10 February 2016 On February 4th 2016, there was a holding of the fourth meeting of the Republic Council of Rectors in Astana 10 February 2016 Dear experts, our agency will conduct training workshops on the topic: "Training of experts: procedures of the external review and analysis of reports" 05 January 2016 On November 30, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered an annual Message to the people of the country 30 November 2015 The 10th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) was held on November 19-21st 2015 in London, the United Kingdom 24 November 2015 The introduction of amendments and additions to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of education 24 November 2015 Representatives of IQAA took part in the 6th ENQA General Assembly: 15 years of ENQA (22-23 October 2015, Ireland, Dublin) 03 November 2015 Symposium "At the Forefront of International Higher Education" 08 October 2015 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the 9th Conference of Ministers of Education from the European Area of Higher Education (EHEA) 01 October 2015 Participation in the Forum of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence 15 June 2015 Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum - 2015 15 June 2015 The IQAA staff participated in the special sessions on translation of Nazarbayev University experience 11 June 2015 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the Republic seminar "National qualification frameworks: from the architecture of methodology to practice of application" 10 June 2015 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the Forum organized by the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) 30 May 2015 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the 5th ENQA Members’ Forum in Cordoba, Spain 23 April 2015 Representatives of the IQAA visited the Aragon Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ACPUA) 15 March 2015 The representative of the IQAA upgraded the qualification in the Institute of Leadership in Education in the USA 17 February 2015 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the 9th European Quality Assurance Forum at the University of Barselona, Spain 26 November 2014 Representatives of the IQAA took part in the 5th ENQA General Assembly 20 October 2014 To rectors of universities 30 January 2014 Dear colleagues! 13 September 2013 4th ENQA General Assembly - 2013 11 August 2013 On December 14, 2012, the IQAA held a Republican seminar and a round table on "Independent national accreditation of TVET organizations" 14 December 2012 Establishment of the National register on accreditation 01 June 2012 Participation of the Head of the MES RK in the III Conference for ministers of education from the countries-participants of the Bologna Process in Bucharest 04 May 2012 Kazakhstan joined the Bologna Process 12 March 2010 IREG Observatory: University Rankings under scrutiny 08 March 2010 Accreditation of Karaganda Economic University 10 January 2010 Registration of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence 14 October 2009 Information on the VI Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 15 October 2023 IQAA organized the 17th INQAAHE 2023 Biennial Conference "Roadmap to Enabling Quality in Tertiary Education 2030" 02 June 2023 Report on the V Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 03 October 2022 The Annual V Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education will be held on September 29-30, 2022 14 July 2022 IQAA held the IV Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 01 November 2021 IV Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, October 28-29, 2021 08 October 2021 Training seminar "The role of experts-representatives of employers in external quality assurance" 15 April 2021 Training seminar "The role of students in external quality assurance" 17 February 2021 Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment" 19 October 2020 Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment" 21 September 2020 Media about the IQAA forum 25 September 2019 II Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Transformation through Digitalization: Universities and Quality Assurance" 18 September 2019 Second Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Transformation through Digitalization: Universities and Quality Assurance" 16 July 2019 The International Conference of Experts on Quality Assessment in Education was held on May 27, 2019 29 May 2019 International Conference of Experts on Quality Assurance in Education 07 May 2019 The date of pilot the standards and criteria for specialized accreditation of doctoral programs as part of the Erasmus + project 18 February 2019 Summary of the 9th ENQA General Assembly in 18-19 October, 2018 26 October 2018 According to the decision of the ENQA Board, the 9th Annual General Assembly was held in Astana on October 18-19, 2018 for the first time in the CIS countries 26 October 2018 On October 17, 2018, in the Radisson Hotel Astana, IQAA held a greeting pre-event workshop for 44 participants within General Assembly of ENQA 24 October 2018 On October 15, 2018 IQAA held an international conference on quality assurance in higher education on "Training of external review group and report preparation" 23 October 2018 On September 20-21 IQAA held Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Education "Forward to the Future: Trends, Problems and Perspectives of Quality Assurance in Higher Education" 26 September 2018 Summary of Eurasian Forum - International Conference on Quality Assurance in Education "Forward to the Future: Trends, Problems and Perspectives of Quality Assurance in Higher Education" 24 September 2018 Summary of the International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Training of External Review Group and Preparation of the Reports" in 2018, 15 October 24 September 2018 9th General Assembly of ENQA on October 18-19, 2018 in Astana - Practical Information 25 August 2018 International Conference on Quality Assurance in Education "Training of External Review Group and Report Preparation" October 15, 2018 Astana 29 June 2018 IQAA conducted the National Discussion on Amendments to the legal acts concerning the legal framework for the training of PhD candidates in HEIs 11 April 2018 IQAA conducted an international training seminar: "Management of Internal Quality Assurance System in Higher Education" 11 April 2018 On 6 October 2017 IQAA organized a workshop on the topic: "Design of Study Programmes on the Basis of Competencies, Student-Centered Teaching and Quality Assurance" 09 October 2017 IQAA conducted a regular International Training Session on the topic: "Student-Centred Learning, Teaching and Assessment: Principles and Technologies" 06 October 2017 The National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken" conducted a seminar "Ratings as an effective tool for assessing the quality of HEIs" 27 September 2017 The Conference of Rectors of Polish Universities, the Perspektywy Education Foundation in cooperation with the Embassy of Poland and IQAA conducted an informational seminar 08 September 2017 On 13 July 2017 the President of IQAA held a business meeting with a delegation of the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) and Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China headed by Ms Zhou Yan 14 July 2017 IQAA conducted the discussion of standards and criteria of institutional and specialized (programme) accreditation 01 July 2017 IQAA HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE EUROPEAN QUALITY ASSURANCE REGISTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION - EQAR 26 June 2017 IQAA organized a seminar for heads and representatives of HEIs on the topic: "The Framework for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)" 06 March 2017 IQAA HAS BECOME A FULL MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ENQA) 04 March 2017 Representatives of IQAA participated in the international conference "Accreditation as an instrument for quality assurance in education" 03 December 2016 From October 11th to 14th 2016, the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) conducted regional seminars for administration of TVET organizations in the West region of Kazakhstan 17 October 2016 On June 2, 2016 a group of participants from the British Council programme visited the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) 02 June 2016 On May 27, 2016 IQAA conducted a training workshop for representatives of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan 28 May 2016 Managing Director of FIBAA, Dr. Birger Hendriks, visited the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) 21 May 2016 On April 21, 2016, IQAA hosted a seminar conducted by the Director of the Swiss Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ), Dr. Christoph Grolimund 22 April 2016 On April 13th 2016, the Director of the ENQA, Maria Kelo, conducted a seminar on the topic: "External QA in Europe: status, trends and challenges" 15 April 2016 IQAA held a seminar for the staff conducted by the Director of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), Maria Kelo 13 April 2016 On April 2, 2016, the IQAA conducted one of its training workshops for students from HEIs in Astana 02 April 2016 On January 13-14, 2016, the IQAA held a regional training seminar in Shymkent on "The procedures of an external review of higher education institutions and an expertise of self-evaluation reports" 16 January 2016 On January 11-12, 2016, the IQAA held a regional training seminar in Almaty on "The procedures of an external review of higher education institutions and an expertise of self-evaluation reports" 16 January 2016 On November 12th, 2015, the IQAA hosted a seminar, which was conducted by the Director of Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ACPUA), Antonio Serrano Gonzalez 16 November 2015 On October 30th, 2015 the President of IQAA, Sh.Kalanova conducted a lecture at NU Graduate School of Education 03 November 2015 The IQAA signed a memorandum on cooperation with the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ, Austria) 03 November 2015 Seminar on the topic "New Challenges for Higher Education in the 21st Century: Implications for Quality Assurance" at the IQAA 16 October 2015 The agency held a seminar conducted by the President of IREG-International Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, Professor Ian Sadlak (France) 05 October 2015 The international conference on the topic "Perspectives and challenges for HEIs and agencies in the framework of Yerevan communique of Ministers of education of the countries – members of Bologna process" on 11/09/2015 11 September 2015 The IQAA hosted a seminar on the topic: "European standards and recommendations for quality assurance of higher education in the new edition" 29 June 2015 On February 26-27, 2015, the IQAA held a training workshop on the topic: "New approaches to accreditation procedures in light of the revision of standards and guidelines of the ESG" 28 February 2015 Piloting of materials on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE) 25 June 2014 International seminar "Education for Democratic Citizenship" 10 April 2014 On February 5, 2014, the IQAA hosted a seminar on the topic: "Accreditation: external review, methodology of expert evaluation – international and national approaches" 07 February 2014 The visit of the delegation of the Ministry of education from Azerbaidzhan 13 December 2013 Launching Conference of the European Union and Council of Europe 22 September 2013 Republican Seminar "The Independent National Accreditation of Technical and Vocational Educational Organizations" 15 December 2012 On December 14, 2012, the IQAA held a Republican seminar and a round table on "Independent national accreditation of TVET organizations" 14 December 2012 Kick-off meeting of the ENQA/UNESCO-GIQAC Project – Workshop on "Establishing and developing quality assurance in Central Asia and Eastern Europe" 08 December 2011 The meeting of the representatives of the Independent Kazakh Agency for Quality Assurance in Education with the managers of American universities 17 July 2011 Seminar organized by the PDP "Nur Otan" and IQAA on the topic "Procedures of democratization in the evaluation of the quality of higher education: accreditation and ranking" 05 December 2008
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic 
