Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR)

IAAR is a nonprofit organisation which has a status of a legal body, created to improve the competitiveness of higher education institutions, also technical and professional organisations of the Republic of Kazakhstan on national and international levels by conducting the procedures of institutional and programme accreditation and academic ratings (rankings). It also carries out consultancy and support work to assist institutions in the development of their internal quality assurance and prepare them for accreditation. The agency also has systematic follow up procedures (post accreditation monitoring) to monitor and support institutional development after accreditation.