PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project was elaborated as a complementary measure to the EUR-ACE project that was developed and run by a Consortium of 14 partners including agencies and other bodies active in accreditation of engineering education in the European Higher Education Area (EНЕА).

The major outcome of the EUR-ACE project was the development of the Framework Standards for the accreditation of engineering programmes as well as procedures for their implementation.

The main objective of the PRO-EAST project is the promotion and implementation of the EUR-ACE standards in the Russian Federation, i.e. dissemination of the EUR-ACE standards for accrediting engineering- programmes to the broad engineering community of Russian HEIs;  approbation- in Russian HEIs of the EUR-ACE criteria and procedures and awarding the "EUR-ACE label" to accredited programmes. The project intends to contribute to the integration of Russian Federation to the EHEA