Higher Education Accreditation Board

The Higher Education Accreditation Board is a collective body that:

determines the requirements for conducting higher education activities and establishes the enrolment capacity of higher education institutions;
adopts decisions on the accreditation of projects for establishing independent private or public-private higher education institutions and their units;
decides on the accreditation of scientific institutions for conducting higher education activities at second- and third-cycle studies;
determines whether the requirements for organising new study programmes at a higher education institution have been met;
decides on the accreditation of mentors for doctoral studies;
and performs other duties determined by the Law on Higher Education (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 82/2018).

The Accreditation Board consists of fifteen members, as follows:

six members from among professors employed at universities in the Republic of Macedonia, elected by secret ballot by the Inter-University Conference,
six members appointed by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia from among professors employed at public universities in the Republic of Macedonia, Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 82 of 8 May 2018, page 28 of 118
one member appointed by the most representative employers’ organisation,
one member appointed by the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and one student member elected by secret ballot by the Inter-University Conference.

Among the members of the Accreditation Board elected by the Inter-University Conference, there must be at least one professor from each of the six first-level scientific research fields under the International Frascati Classification (natural sciences and mathematics; engineering and technology; medical and health sciences; agricultural and veterinary sciences; social sciences; and humanities).

Members of the Accreditation Board may not be persons elected as rector or vice-rector of a university, dean or vice-dean of a faculty, director of a higher vocational school, director of a scientific institution conducting higher education activities, a member of the National Council, or a member of the Evaluation Board.

Members of the Accreditation Board are elected or appointed for a four-year term, without the right to re-election.

By exception to the preceding provision, the student member of the Accreditation Board is elected for a two-year term, without the right to re-election.

The Accreditation Board submits a six-month report on its work to the Ministry of Education and Science and to the National Council.

MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION BOARD

No.	Full name	Appointed / nominated by	E-mail
1.	Prof. Dr. Zoran Markov President of the Accreditation Board	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
2.	Prof. Dr. Florie Ismaili	Inter-University Conference – SEEU	f.ismaili@akvo.mk
3.	Prof. Dr. Biljana Kuzmanovska	Inter-University Conference – UKIM	b.kuzmanovska@akvo.mk
4.	Prof. Dr. Goce Cilev	Inter-University Conference – UKLO	g.cilev@akvo.mk
5.	Prof. Dr. Savica Dimitrievska	Inter-University Conference – IBU	s.dimitrievski@akvo.mk
6.	Prof. Dr. Rubin Gulaboski	Inter-University Conference – UGD	r.gulaboski@akvo.mk
7.	Prof. Dr. Violeta Cvetkoska	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia	v.cvetkoska@akvo.mk
8.	Prof. Dr. Ana Daneva Markova	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia	a.daneva-markova@akvo.mk
9.	Prof. Dr. Jetmire Alimani Jakupi	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia	j.jakupi@akvo.mk
10.	Prof. Dr. Marjan Gjurovski	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia	m.gjurovski@akvo.mk
11.	Prof. Dr. Ivan Chorbev	Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
12.	Angel Dimitrov	Employers’ Organisation	a.dimitrov@akvo.mk
13.	Rona Tateshi	Student elected by the Inter-University Conference – MTU	r.tateshi@akvo.mk
14.	Academician Doncho Dimovski	Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA)