After the end of the follow-up period, as set by the Accreditation Council, a higher education institution submits a report to the Agency, based on which the Accreditation Council determines to what extent has the higher education institution implemented recommendations for improvement.
In case the higher education institution was issued a confirmation for performing the activities, or parts of the activities, the follow up includes the following steps:
- within six months after receiving the confirmation, the re-accredited higher education institution adopts an action plan aimed at quality improvement, and submits it to the Agency,
- once a year, the re-accredited higher education institution submits a report to the Agency on the implementation of the action plan, and updates the data on the conditions in the information system used by the Agency accordingly.
In case the higher education institution was issued a letter of expectation, the Agency recommends one of the following:
- issuance of a confirmation on fulfilling requirements for performing the activity or part of activity;
- denying of a license for performing the activity, or part of the activity.
Within its Report on the elimination of deficiencies identified in the re-accreditation procedure, the higher education institution follows the recommendations of the expert panel, describes the changes made on the basis of these recommendations, and provides supporting evidence thereof (e.g. a decision on amendments to study programmes, a decision that regulates the issue of a supervisor being a member of the dissertation defence committee, a decision on the appointment of a committee for monitoring the work of supervisors, regulations and decisions showing amendments to doctoral study programmes, a list of papers/projects, etc.).