Division of Methodological Support and Accreditation

Head of department

prof. Medvid Lyubov (tel .: rob .: 276-99-71; 484)

Head of department manages the work of the department.
Powers of the head of the department: reporting to the rector, the rectorate, the academic council of the University on the functioning of the Internal Quality Assurance System, on unresolved issues in the field of quality, as well as providing proposals and recommendations for improving the system of internal quality assurance (IAS); ensuring support for the implementation of the Policy in the field of quality; coordination and approval of the documents of the CSW as a whole and for individual areas of activity; ensuring interaction with the University's quality council and other structural units on issues related to the University's VSZYA; organization of audits of the University's SSR; ensuring the implementation of appropriate corrective measures aimed at improving the effectiveness of the LTEU LTEU's WSZY; organization of adjustment (if necessary) of the quality assurance system by management; identification of trends in the functioning of the LTEU's SVZYA; initiation of monitoring of the satisfaction of higher education seekers, scientific and pedagogical workers, employees and consumers with the work of the University, and analysis of its results.

Division Staff

  • Deputy Head of Department, Licensing Manager - Kolesnyk Lyudmyla (tel .: Rob .: 2958127; 636).
  • Leading specialist - Lanytsia Iryna (tel .: Rob: 2958127; 236).
  • Leading specialist - Tatiana Onyshko (tel .: Rob .: 2958127; 636).

Division Overview

The Division of Methodological Support and Accreditation is an independent structural unit of Lviv University of Trade and Economics  (the University), subordinate to the first Vice-Rector, which was created through restructuring to ensure the implementation of the state policy on monitoring the quality of education, licensing and accreditation.

In its work, the department is guided by the Constitution of Ukraine, current legislation, the Laws of Ukraine "On Education", "On Higher Education", "On the Principles of State Language Policy", orders and guidance letters of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education, orders and decrees of the Rector of the University, the Charter of the University, the Rules of Internal Labor Procedure, “Regulations on the Department for Monitoring the Quality of Education and Accreditation of the LTEU"," Regulations on the quality assurance system of higher education at LTEU" and other normative acts.

The purpose of the Department of Monitoring the Quality of Education and Accreditation is to implement the strategic goals of the development of LTEU to improve the quality of higher education and educational activities, to ensure that the level of quality of educational services meets the requirements of stakeholders.

The general tasks, basic organizational and legal principles and conditions of the department's activity are determined by the "Regulations on the Education Quality Monitoring and Accreditation Department of the Lviv University of Trade and Economics": http://www.lute.lviv.ua/fileadmin/www.lac.lviv.ua/data/Academy/Docs/Polozhennja_New/Polozhennja_pro_Viddil_MJAOtaA.pdf

Division Main Tasks

  • сoordination and control of the educational and methodical activity and of the Institute, Faculties and Departments of the University;
  • аccounting and coordination of the process concerning improving programs and documents regulating the educational process;
  • мonitoring and evaluation of the activity of the Institute, faculties, and departments on the implementation of the new teaching methods, technical means etc in educational process;
  • facilitating the modernization and flexibility of educational activities through feedback (in the form of surveys) with the main participants (students, teachers) of the educational process;
  • carrying out monitoring activities at the University on compliance with the Licensing conditions for the provision of higher education education services and compliance with the current requirements for accreditation of educational programs, involving the staff of the Institute, faculties, departments and other structural units of the University;
  • providing methodological assistance to the structural units of the University, responsible persons from the institute, faculties and departments who prepare the materials of the licensing or accreditation business; providing them with the necessary regulatory legal university-wide documentation;
  • developing and coordinating with other structural units of the University plans, synergies for monitoring, licensing and accreditation;
  • development of current and prospective plans for licensing, accreditation and quality of the educational process;
  • periodic updating of the catalog of the legal documentation base on licensing, accreditation and quality of higher education;
  • analysis of current normative documents on the quality of educational activity and quality of higher education;
  • analysis of current regulations on licensing and accreditation of educational programs;
  • analysis of educational and methodological support of the educational process;
  • monitoring the quality of educational and methodological support of the educational process;
  • interviewing employers about the quality of training for University graduates;
  • аlumni survey on educational program quality;
  • conducting surveys (surveys) of scientific and pedagogical staff on the quality of educational activities;
  • conducting surveys (surveys, evaluations) of higher education applicants on the quality of educational activities, etc.

Licensing and accreditation

The department provides methodical assistance to structural units of the University, guarantors, responsible persons from the institute, faculties and departments who prepare materials for licensing or accreditation cases; provides them with the necessary normative and legal general university documentation.

The regulatory framework for accreditation of the Higher Education Educational Training Program is available on the National Agency for Quality Assurance for Higher Education at: https://naqa.gov.ua/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%96-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8/

Activities of the scientific and methodical council of the university

Within the Scientific and Methodological Council of the University are experienced professors, heads of departments - authors of many scientific and methodological works that consider at their meetings (on average 5-6 per academic year) various issues that contribute to improving the quality of scientific and methodological support of the educational process. NMR examines the textbooks, manuals presented at its meetings and recommends them to the Grif of Lviv Trade and Economic University, provides them with new regulations, recommendations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, etc.

On October 11, 2019, an extended meeting of the Scientific and Methodological Council of LETU was held, which considered the specifics and requirements for accreditation of educational programs in accordance with the requirements of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. With the materials of the report of the first Vice-Rector, Prof. Barney M. Yu can be found here.

Open general university lessons, lessons

The department constantly organizes general university open lectures of the teaching staff, which contribute to improving the teaching and pedagogical skills of teachers, improving the ability of lecturers to find contact with students, encourage them to work, think, and even to disputes with the lecturer on some controversial issues. Over the past 5 years, about 20 open lectures have been read and sponsored by: prof. Cherkasova S.V., prof. Kotuha O.S., Assoc. Kudla N.E., prof. Rushchyshyn N.M., Prof. Pilyavsky A.I. Prof. L.H. Medvid, Assoc. Sanagurska G.M., prof. Svidruk I.I., Prof. Voronko R.M., Prof. V. I. Kutsyk, Assoc. Overko G.Ya., prof. Mishchuk I.P., Assoc. Horetska H.V., prof. I.M. Melnyk, prof. Medvid A.B., Prof. Podorozhna T.S., Prof. Trut O.O. and others.

Practical training of students

The level of quality of training of specialists depends on their practical training at the University, which is an integral part of the educational and professional program of training of specialists and is aimed at consolidating the theoretical knowledge obtained by students during training and improvement of practical skills and skills in the relevant specialty.

The department: concludes contracts with enterprises (organizations, institutions) chosen by students; determines the type and terms of the internship, the number of student interns, the responsibilities of LTEU and the enterprise regarding the organization and implementation of the internship; clarifies with the practice databases the conditions of the practice; provides departments with information on the availability of practice places in accordance with concluded contracts; supervises practice, analyzes and summarizes its results; provides departments with the necessary documentation on practice issues; supervises the development of practice programs; analyzes the reports of the departments and faculties based on the results of practice and prepares a final report on its implementation.

Contact Us:

10, Tuhan-Baranovskyi Str., Room 225 Lviv Ukraine 

tel.: 295-81-27