NCPA is an autonomous nonprofit organization based in Russia. It was established in 2009 on the initiative of the Guild of Experts in the Sphere of Professional Education to organize and carry out accreditation of higher education institutions and programmes.
NCPA’s mission is to enhance the quality of education and to form a quality culture in educational organizations; to research and disseminate the best practices of quality assurance in Russia and abroad; to improve the image and support the openness of Russian education through the accreditation of educational programmes and educational organizations in accordance with international quality assurance standards, taking into account Russian legislation and the best traditions of Russian higher education.
The main principles of NCPA’s external quality evaluation are high quality of expert procedures; public nature of external evaluation procedures; voluntary basis of accreditation procedures; independence; objectivity and competence; transparency, validity and relevance of information on QA procedures; regularity of external QA procedures; collegiality of decision making; publicity.
NCPA carries out its accreditation activities in compliance with the Russian legislation, international standards for quality assurance, the requirements of professional standards and the labour market.
NCPA is officially registered in the list of accreditors of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.