Academic certification
General information
Certification is a procedure of confirmation of compliance with the international standards (requirements) for:
qualitative characteristics of educational and research services (within commercial activities on the market of the relevant services),
research and educational activities of the specialized institution (without commercial criteria);
professional level of individual scientists and educators.
Certification of qualitative characteristics of educational and research services involves professional, objective and standardized assessment of integral and final educational (eg, training, retraining or professional development of specialists of different skill-levels) or scientific (research, innovations, designs, inventions, etc.) products sold in competitive markets. Certification of qualitative characteristics of educational and research services is focused on proper assessment of activities of an institution — the manufacturer of these services, on the name of which the certification documents are issued.
Certification of scientific and educational activities of the specialized institutions involves the professional, objective and standardized assessment of nonprofit educational or research activities, as well as educational or research programs, courses, projects, lectures, educational and scientific literature, educational and research methods — components of an integral and final educational or scientific product, sold in competitive markets. Certification of scientific and educational activities of specialized institutions is focused on proper assessment of activities of such legal entity on the name of which the certification documents are issued.
Certification of professional level of scientists and teachers involves professional, objective and standardized assessment of activities of these individuals upon the following parameters:
experience in teaching or research activities;
bibliography of the person;
scientific degrees and titles;
training courses or academic innovations, authored by the person
educational or scientific programs, implemented with the participation of the person;
recommendations and descriptions of educational or scientific activities of the person from educational institutions and from domestic and foreign colleagues;
quality of scientific and pedagogical activities (achievements and recognition). Certification of professional level of individual scientists and educators is personified. Certification documents are personalized.
The IASHE executes the certification upon requests of interested parties.
Certification is carried out by the relevant expert commission through the examination of necessary (directly related to the object of certification and important to provide a comprehensive, objective and complete procedure of certification) consequences and documents presented by the subject of certification. After the certification the decision is made whether the stated person passes the international certification of the IASHE or not. Persons who pass the certification acquire official certificates.
International certification of the IASHE has the status of legitimate, open and transparent scientific and public procedure, not only able to ascertain the qualitative level of an object of certification and to enhance its international prominence, but also to reveal possible flaws of an object and determine reasonable ways of its development and improvement.
All educational institutions, certified in the IASHE upon identical levels and certification standards, thus, necessarily recognize such certification of each other, taking the acquired certification ranking into account.
All educators and scientists of the world with an identical sectoral scientific affiliation and certified in the IASHE upon identical levels and certification standards, thus, necessarily recognize such certification of each other, taking the acquired certification ranking into account. In addition, such persons must provide each other with the advisory assistance, and participate in the reviewing, characterization and assessment of activities and research of each other (in the agreed form and upon the special request).
A person interested in the certification, competent in management of disposal of an object of certification, may submit a request for certification to the IASHE Scientific Council.
The request must specify the level of certification and the certification standard of the planned procedure.
Certification is carried out by the international expert group, formed from among highly qualified professionals — members of the IASHE or from persons involved in various scientific and educational projects of the IASHE.
Documents and explanations must be submitted in English or Russian.
Duration of certification procedures can vary from 15 to 90 days — depending on the level and type of certification, as well as the complexity of its actual execution.
In each case, the size and the member-list of an expert group (3 to 5 people, called to execute the certification) are approved by the IASHE Scientific Council.
If the person concerned chooses the 3rd levels of certification (involves the direct full-time expert-study of an object of certification), the delegated expert or an expert group (up to 3 people) exercise their functions at the place where the object of certification is located. In this case, the quantitative composition of an expert group is determined by the customer.
If the person concerned chooses the 3rd level of certification (involves the direct full-time expert-study of an object of certification), it is reasonable for the host to organize and hold the conference, symposium or other scientific forum with the delegated expert or group of experts on the pre-agreed subject.
Subject of certification (legal entity or an individual) must publish the author’s material, revealing his point of view on the problems related to the scope of his professional or scientific activities in one of the IASHE or PLATONICK publications before the appropriate decision of the Scientific Council.
Following the results of the certification, the IASHE prepares and mails the certification documents consisting of the following elements to the customer:
- Certification Act (presentational document);
- Certification Declaration (describing the elements of the certification procedure, the list and signatures of experts);
- The report with the decision of the IASHE Scientific Council concerning the approval of the certification results;
- Honorary certification mark of the IASHE.
A list of all certified organizations and individuals is available on websites and in publications of the IASHE.
Additional details about certification procedures of the IASHE may be obtained by the interested persons upon the special request.
ATTENTION! Certification procedure of the IASHE is professional and objective. In every case its results are based on the joint opinion of an independent expert group, approved by the IASHE Scientific Council. These results are not to be adjusted for any reason, not connected with reliable, comprehensive and fair assessment of the certification object!
Information about the general mechanism and rules for all types of the certification procedures is provided at the special request of the interested person.