The first mission under the Activity 3.7 Undertake a mock accreditation at each pilot university for a study programme in a priority area of the Twinning project was implemented from 28 October to 2 November 2019.   

The mission was implemented by Ms. Jolita Butkiene, Director of Quality Center at ISM University of Management and Economics of Lithuania and Mr. Audrius Lopata, Professor at Kaunas University of Technology of Lithuania.  

The purpose of the mission was to perform a mock evaluation of Computer Engineering study programme in four pilot universities of the Twinning project – Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Azerbaijan Technical University, Baku Engineering University and Sumgait State University.

The team of experts who was involved in mock evaluation of the above-said study programme consisted of two field experts (one local and one EU expert), two Quality Assurance experts (one local and one EU expert), a student and an employer.

On the first day of the mission week the experts gathered in Accreditation Department of the Ministry of Education to discuss the self-evaluation reports of Computer Engineering programs submitted by the pilot HEIs and other relevant documents in preparation for the mock evaluations.

Later, the experts' panel made a one-day site visit to each of the four universities. Interviews were held with the senior management, the academic staff who developed the self-evaluation members, students as well as representatives of employers. The experts also toured various facilities, auditoriums and computer labs in order to evaluate the infrastructure used for teaching of the Computer Engineering study programmes.

As a result of the mock evaluation, a final evaluation report on each of the four study programmes evaluated will be developed by the experts’ panel giving recommendations for further improvements.

The mock evaluation of other study programmes selected as pilots by the Twinning project will be performed within the upcoming weeks.