Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA)

IQAA conducts institutional and programme accreditation of higher education institutions, scientific research institutions, TVET institutions, and professional development organisations. The Agency has Accreditation Committees for institutional accreditation and programme accreditation by the fields of studies. Other types of IQAA’s activities include research on quality assurance of education, including participation in research projects and publication of thematic analyses, provision of latest information and news on quality assurance nationally and worldwide. IQAA pioneered publication of independent academic rankings of higher education institutions in Kazakhstan in 2008, and publishes them under the provision of a separate entity IQAA-Ranking.