The standards for accreditation of study programmes of higher education are designed in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Education", revised Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), adopted at the Yerevan Conference of Ministers of Education of Bologna signatory states in May, 2015, as well as international practice of accreditation of study programmes of higher education.

The standards for accreditation of study programmes of higher education are based on universally accepted key concepts: responsibility of HEIs for the provision of quality education, consideration and protection of the interests of society, stakeholders and, most notably, students in receipt of high-quality educational services, compliance of programmes of higher education with social and professional competences, satisfying the educational needs of an individual and society in obtaining a profession.

Standards for Specialized (Programme) Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions (2019)

Standards for Specialized (Programme) Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions (2017)

Standards for Specialized (Programme) Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions (2015)

Standards for accreditation of postgraduate study programmes on training doctors (residency) have been developed in accordance with the Code “On People’s Health and the Healthcare System”; Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Education”, “On Technical Regulation”; regulations of the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the RK; the International Standards of the World Federation for Medical Education on the Improvement of the Quality of Postgraduate Medical Education, the European standards and guidelines, with the consideration of national and regional needs and priorities of the healthcare system in Kazakhstan.

Postgraduate medical education (residency) is the phase of medical education, during which doctors gain experience after the completion of the basic medical training. In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Education” (No. 319-3 dated 27.07.2007, article 22), the acquirement of the professional training programme (residency) is an obligatory prerequisite for admission to clinical practice of citizens, who received higher medical education in clinical specialties.

Standards for Specialized (Programme) Accreditation of Research Institutions