Accreditation and Rating International Agency

The Accreditation and Rating International Agency (ARIA), established in 2004, is the first Uzbekistan non-governmental organization in the field of quality assessment of educational organizations and educational programs. ARIA focuses its activities on meeting the needs of all stakeholders, including students, their parents, academic staff, as well as educational organizations, government agencies, society, and employers in general.

The activities of ARIA comply with the International Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance. ARIA conducts international institutional and specialized (program) accreditation, at the national level, as well as it carries out international accreditation in other countries. The Agency is aimed to enhance the quality of education through quality assurance activities such as accreditation of educational institutions and study programs, auditing internal quality assurance systems, ranking of educational institutions and benchmarking.