SCQ has analysed the reports received from higher education institutions
The State Council of Quality (SCQ) of the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) in its meeting held on 21.09.2021, has analyzed the reports received from higher education institutions, including the overview of the holders of academic programs, regarding reaccreditation processes.
The SCQ decided that from October 1, 2021, in addition to the criteria set out in the Administrative Instruction for Accreditation, program holders entering the accreditation process at the BA/BSc level must have at least 1 (one) scientific publication indexed from the field of study / program, while at the MA/MSc level they must have at least 2 (two) scientific publication from the field of study/program in scientific journals indexed as first author or correspondent, according to article 3, point 1.1 WEB OF SCIENCES core collection (SCIE, SSCI and AHCI) or 1.2 SCOPUS, excluding dubious magazines or publishing houses according to AI 01/2018 approved by MESTI.
From October 1, 2022, in addition to the criteria set by the AI for Accreditation, program holders entering the process of accreditation, re-accreditation or validation at the BA/BSc level must have at least the academic title of Prof. Ass. and at least 1 (one) scientific publication indexed from the field of study/program, while at the MA/MSc level they should have at least the academic title of Prof. Ass. and 2 (two) papers in scientific journals indexed from the field of study/program, as first author or correspondent, according to article 3, point 1.1 WEB OF SCIENCES core collection (SCIE, SSCI and AHCI) or 1.2 SCOPUS, excluding journals or suspicious publishing houses according to AI 01/2018 approved by MESTI.
Exceptions to this decision are the holders of study/academic programs defined according to Article 26, point 11 of the Law on Higher Education.
In today’s meeting, SCQ reviewed and decided on all requests and complaints submitted by the HEIs.
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