The Agency for the Assessment of Tertiary and Vocational Education, is recognized in Russia and abroad as an independent expert/accreditation organization for quality assurance with extensive experience in working with educational institutions and a wide range of national and international recognitions. It supports the intentions of educational institutions and fulfills the requirements of the federal legislation in the field of education by carrying out professional and public accreditation of degree programmes in accordance with the requirements of Federal law 96 FZ-273 “On Education in the Russian Federation”. It also contributes to the fulfillment of federal requirements for monitoring the international activities of universities through International accreditation for compliance with the principles and standards of international, European education quality assurance networks.