IUFS - International University of Fundamental Studies

Russian Federation state educational standard;

1. licensing;
2. state accreditation;
3. state final attestation.




The State Final Attestation

The State final attestation is a special procedure aimed at the assessment of the knowledge and skills of graduates and of the correspondence of the latter to the State educational standard. The procedure is applied to those educational institutions that have successfully undergone State accreditation. In the case of higher education institutions, it culminates in the award of a diploma of the state format and of a qualification. The attestation procedures are regulated by the decree of 25 May 1994 of the State Committee for Higher Education on the State Final Attestation of Graduates of Higher Education Institutions in the Russian Federation.
The State final attestation of graduates consists of one or of several evaluation procedures:
„h the final examination in an individual discipline;
„h the final interdisciplinary examination in the speciality;
„h the defense of a qualifying paper or project.
The defense of a qualifying paper or of a project is a mandatory component of the State final attestation. In addition to the defense, the attestation procedure usually includes a final examination (in an individual discipline or in an interdisciplinary one). The concrete list of evaluation procedures, programmes of final examinations, procedures and terms for the preparation of qualifying papers or projects, and criteria for their assessment are approved by the Academic Council of the institution (faculty) concerned.
The final examination in an individual discipline reveals the knowledge and skills of graduates as set against the curriculum and covers the minimum content of the given discipline established by the particular State educational standard. The final interdisciplinary examination in the speciality, along with the requirements for the content of individual disciplines, reflect the general requirements for graduates as set up by the State educational standard in the given field of study (speciality). Qualifying papers or projects are called diploma papers and diploma projects respectively. Their topics are set by the higher education institution concerned. Students have the right to select topics from the list provided or to propose their own topics along with a plan of development for a given topic. For the preparation of diploma papers or projects, a supervisor and consultants (if necessary) are appointed for each student. Before the defense can take place, all qualifying papers and projects must be reviewed by experts in the respective subjects.
The State final attestation takes place before State Attestation Commissions set up by the rector of the higher education institution concerned. The members of State Attestation Commissions are experienced professors from the given higher education institution and from other institutions, researchers from research institutions, and experts from firms, enterprises, and other such institutions. The chairperson is invited from outside the institution and is approved by the administrative body in charge of the given institution.

 

Why State Attestation?

In Russia Accreditation is a guaranty that a school is teaching approved curriculum, that the faculty is qualified, etc., and programs comply with state guidelines.

The diploma that a graduate gets -- states that he may now practice the profession.

There is no Licensing like in US for MD, or Electrical Engineer or MFCC etc.


By testing the knowledge of the students -- to see if they really know what they learned in university - Russian Gov -
State attests in a documents that awarded.

The school then granted a certificate of state attestation by Russian Federation Ministry of Education.

Schools that earned this certificate demonstrate that their students knowledge of their specialty -- profession is assured.

Regards

Misha