INDEPENDENT AGENCY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION - RANKING

Independence. Professionalism. Objectivity.

Distribution of points by indicators and criteria according to Questionnaire 1

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Questionnaire No. 1 includes 80 weight percent (the maximum score that a university can get is 800 points); it reflects the academic activity of the university. HEIs provide the data to the agency, which are rechecked by different methods; part of the information is requested by the IQAA from sources other than the university.

1.1

The proportion of students studying by support of state educational scholarships to the total number of full-time students. (C sch / C full-time) x100%.

The highest score will be given to the university with the largest share of students studying by support of state educational scholarships.

15 points

1.2

The proportion of postgraduate students to the total number of full-time students:
((C Ms. + C PhD )/ C full-time ) x100%.

The highest score will be given to the higher educational institution with the largest share of postgraduate students.

15 points

1.3

The proportion of out-of-town students in full-time form to the total number of full-time students: (C out-of town / C full-time ) x100%.

The highest score will be awarded to the higher educational institution with the largest share of out-of-town students.

10 points

1.4

Provision of out-of-town students with an student accommodation: C accom / C out-of town .

The highest score will be awarded to the higher education institution with the largest share of the area per student from another city.

15 points

1.5

Scale index of the university

The scale of the university is determined by the formula I=P/Paverage, 
where P is the reduced contingent of students, which is calculated by the formula P = C full-time + C part-time x 0.25;

Paverage- the average number of the reduced contingent of students per one educational institution in the country, calculated as follows: Paverage= number of the reduced contingent of students in the country / total number of universities

20 points

2.1

Victories of students at international competitions, conferences and Olympiads for the last three academic years: in Kazakhstan, CIS countries and abroad:

30 points

2.1.1

In Kazakhstan and CIS countries

20 points

2.1.2

In far abroad countries

10 points

2.1.3

Sports and creative achievements in CIS and far abroad countries

5 points

2.3

The ratio of the number of students to the number of undergraduate, graduate and PhD programmes. The maximum score will be awarded to the institution with the highest ratio.

25 points

2.3.1

The ratio of the number of undergraduate students to the number of undergraduate programmes

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2.3.2

The ratio of the number of students enrolled in a master's programme to the number of master's programmes

15 points

2.3.3

The ratio of the number of students enrolled in the PhD programme to the number of PhD programmes

6 points

3.1

Proportion of doctors, candidates of sciences, Ph.Ds to the amount of academic staff faculty: (Number (doctors+candidates + PhD) / Number of academic staff faculty ) x 100%

30 points

3.2

Proportion of teachers who received the "Best Teacher of the University" grant to the academic staff faculty over the last 3 years: (N BestTeachers /N academic staff faculty )x 100%

20 points

3.3

Proportion of doctors, candidates of sciences, Ph.Ds to the number of academic staff faculty working part-time, from various sectors of the economy: (Number (doctors+candidates + PhD) / Number part-time faculty members) X 100%

15 points

3.4

Proportion of domestic academic staff faculty graduated from universities abroad

10 points

3.5

Proportion of doctors, candidates of sciences, Ph.Ds to the amount of staff researchers: (Number (doctors+candidates + PhD) / Number of staff researchers) x 100%

10 points

3.6 Proportion of doctors, candidates of sciences, Ph.Ds to the number of staff researchers working part-time: (Number (doctors+candidates + PhD) / Number part-time researchers) X 100% 5 points

4.1

The volume of research funding per one full-time teacher, thousand KZT: (Funding research. /N academic staff faculty ) x 100%

20 points

4.2

Proportion of scientific publications in the Science Index over the last three calendar years: (Publ + CIS / N academic staff faculty x 100% + indexes of publication activity and citation of Kazakhstan universities + volume of registered and performed scientific research works

20 points

4.2.1

Proportion of scientific publications in the Science Index (РИНЦ) per one full-time teacher over the last three calendar years: (Publ / N academic staff faculty) x 100%

10 points

4.2.2

Amount of citations per article in the Science Index (РИНЦ) (Publ/ N academic staff faculty) ) x 100%

10 points

4.3

Proportion of scientific publications in the far abroad for one full-time teacher over the last three calendar years : (Publ abroad/ N academic staff faculty.) x 100% . The Agency will use the ThomsonReuters database, SCOPUS to verify the data.

80 points

4.3.1

Number of publications per Academic Staff in the Web of Science database

20 points

4.3.2

Number of citations per article in the Web of Science database

20 points

4.3.3

Number of publications per Academic Staff in Scopus database

20 points

4.3.4

Number of citations per article in Scopus database

20 points

4.4

Number of dissertational councils for the preparation of PhD

10 points

4.6

Proportion of patents renewed over the last 3 calendar years per one full-time teacher: (Number of patents / N academic staff faculty.) x 100%

10 points

4.7

Proportion of patents over the last 3 calendar years per one full-time teacher: (Number of innovation patents / N academic staff faculty.). x 100%

20 points

4.8

Proportion of intellectual property certificates over the last 3 calendar years per one full-time teacher: (Number of certificates / N academic staff faculty.). x 100%

10 points

5.1

Number of joint educational programs of two-diploma education with foreign universities with the issuance of diplomas or certificates

20 points

5.2

Proportion of international exchanges, business trips per teacher over the last three academic years: ( N int.exch. / N academic staff faculty.) x 100%

20 points

5.3

Proportion of international exchanges per one full-time student (bachelor, master, doctorate) over the last three academic years (academic period, with loans): ( C int.exch. / C full time) x 100%

20 points

5.4

Proportion of foreign students to the number of full-time students: ( C foreign. / C full time)x100%

10 points

5.5

Proportion of graduates who received the "Bolashak" scholarship, international grants or international scholarships over the last three years, to the contingent of full-time students: ( C bolashak,sch. / C full time)x100%

20 points

5.6

Proportion of foreign teachers in the general staff, invited to lecture, conduct classes (at least 2 credits) over the last three years: (P foreign / P academic staff faculty full time )x 100%

20 points

6.1

Assessment of the official website:

50 points

6.1.1

Informational site content for applicants and interested persons, for students and teaching staff

20 points

6.1.1.1

A Size of websites determined by the number of web pages

10 points

6.1.1.2

A content determined by the number of documents displayed on the site

10 points

6.1.2

Frequency of website updateability, website design, presence of contact information, languages ​​of information presentation

16 points

6.1.2.1

Site Upgrade

5 points

6.1.2.2

Design and usability in site navigation

5 points

6.1.2.3

Presentation of the site in the Kazakh, Russian and English languages

6 points

6.1.3

Number of visits

5 points

6.1.4

Number of links to the site

5 points

6.1.5

Site speed

5 points

6.2

Number of official social media accounts with regular posts

10 points

6.3

Distance educational technologies

50 points

6.3.1

Platform LMS (Learning Management System)

20 points
6.3.2 Number of MOOC (massive open online courses) 20 points
6.3.3 List of external educational platforms (with the exception of the platform of the university itself), with which the university has an agreement to train students 10 points

7.1

Proportion of graduates employed in the first year after graduation

100 points

7.2

The ratio of the number of graduates to the number of undergraduate, graduate and PhD programmes. The maximum score will be awarded to the institution with the highest ratio.

20 points

7.2.1

The ratio of the number of undergraduate graduates to the number of undergraduate programmes.

4 points

7.2.2

The ratio of the number of graduates who graduated from the master's programme to the number of master's programmes.

10 points

7.2.3

The ratio of the number of graduates who graduated from the PhD programme to the number of PhD programmes

points

7.3

The number of graduates awarded state or departmental awards or prizes over the past 3 calendar years, within 10 years after graduation

20 points

7.4

Proportion of graduates who received the "Bolashak" scholarship, international grants or international scholarships over the last three years, to the contingent of full-time graduates: ( C bolashak,sch. / C full time)x100%

20 points