QUALITY ASSURANCE ACCREDITATION
EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC UNITS
External evaluation is the last stage of the quality assurance process for academic units. It is comprised of the analytical review and examination of the internal evaluation outcomes carried out by the external evaluation committee. The committee members are drawn from the Register of Independent Experts set up, maintained and updated by HQA. The external evaluation process aims at determining the completeness, transparency and objectivity of the internal evaluation conducted by the Internal Evaluation Group (IEG) of the academic unit, and formulating an objective decision. In particular, external evaluation aims at:
- underscoring best practices and areas for improvement,
- highlighting and providing documented support for the academic units’ rational requests to the university or the state,
- collecting and promoting best practices nationwide
- the achievements of the academic unit,
- the areas for improvement or corrective actions,
- the effectiveness of accomplished actions in terms of quality assurance, and, in general, mission and objectives accomplishment