On-line Quality Assurance of Study Programmes EQUASP 543727-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-SMGR

Astrakhan State University participates in the international project “On-line Quality Assurance of Study Programmes” EQUASP 543727-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-SMGR.

16 universities from 5 countries – Lithuania, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, and Russia – take part in the project.

• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Barcelona, Spain)

• Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)

• Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) (Rome, Italy)

• CINECA Consortium (Bologna, Italy)

• Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia)

• Assist the development of student-oriented technological programs that aim to determine precise results of education in accordance with needs of interested parties;

• Make the process of internal quality control of educational programs comply with EU quality standards and principles;

• Enhance the quality, transparency, and comparability of Russian educational programs, so that all the interested parties might provide a well-grounded assessment of the educational process suggested by the corresponding programs; contribute to mutual trust towards the quality of educational programs;

• Contribute to modernization of higher education by applying an online system of documentation and by monitoring the quality of educational programs;

• Contribute to recognition of internal quality control systems and documentation and monitoring online systems at the level of competent national bodies to ensure their promotion among all the Russian universities and their further sustainable development.