Significant dates

May 4

2021

March 17

2020

Recognition of the "National Accreditation Agency" as a full member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

Inclusion into the Charter of the National Accreditation Agency ("Rosakkredagentstvo") of new basic types of activities related to the Quality Assurance of students' training and promoting activities for interaction with international QA agencies dealing with quality assessment and accreditation of educational organizations

September 21

2018

License

January 23-24

2017

National Accreditation Agency undergoes a partial review to confirm its ENQA full membership status

June

2016

Cooperation agreements to ensure quality in higher education in Europe are signed with the accreditation agencies of Germany, Lithuania, Armenia and Kazakhstan.

April

2015

International scientific and practical conference "Providing quality assurance of professional education: national and foreign experience", devoted to the 20-th anniversary of NAA

November

2013

The Government Resolution of 18.11.2013, №1039 “About state accreditation of educational activity” regulating accreditation of international experts involved in accreditation expertise of educational institutions, came in force

June

2011

The federal state institution National Accreditation Agency is reorganized into the federal state budgetary institution National Accreditation Agency and its headquarters is moved to Moscow

At the same time NAA’s branch in Yoshkar-Ola was established

December

2009

NAA started selecting experts for carrying out external reviews

September 25

2009

Full membership in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)

March

2005

The Information and Methodological Center of State Accreditation was renamed into the federal state institution National Accreditation Agency (NAA)

Order №464 of 04.03.2005 of Rosobrnadzor

February

2005

The first media presentation for the Accreditation Board session

October 29

2004

Participation in establishing the Eurasian Quality Assurance Network (EAQAN)

September

2004

Fully automated generation of information and analytical documents for Accreditation Board sessions

April

2004

The Center’s programme of further professional education was state accredited

March

2002

The Research and Information Centre of State Accreditation was renamed into the Information and Methodological Center of State Accreditation

Order №1010 of 25.03.2002 by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation

February

2001

The first Register of the Accredited HEIs in the Russian Federation was published

November

2000

Full membership in the Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEENQA)

June

1997

The first version of the site www.nica.ru was launched in the Internet. The center was licensed for providing further professional education

the license given by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation of 23.06.1999 №25-191

April 22

1997

The first meeting of the Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education of Russia

Accreditation documents of 27 HEIs were reviewed at the Accreditation Board meeting

November

1996

The structure of information and analytical document “HEI’s presentation for state accreditation procedures” was developed

September

1996

The first version of the Data Collection Module was developed

July

1996

Full membership in the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)

April 18

1995

Establishment of the Research and Information Centre of State Accreditation

by the order of the State Committee on Higher Education of the Russian Federation of 18.04.1995 №507