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 the department, head of licensing and accreditation – Kolesnyk Lyudmyla (tel .: Rob .: 2958127; 636)
  • Head of career development and cooperation with employers - Lanytsia Iryna (tel .: Rob: 2958127; 236).
  • Head of the direction of methodological support and quality of the educational process - 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

  • ensuring the implementation of the state policy on monitoring the quality of education, licensing and accreditation of educational programs;
  • monitoring the quality of education and highlighting its results;
  • monitoring of the educational process organization system;
  • promotion of modernization and flexibility of educational activities, thanks to feedback (in the form of surveys) with the main participants (students, teachers) of the educational process;
  • conducting monitoring activities at the University regarding compliance with the Licensing conditions for the provision of educational services in the field of higher education and compliance with current requirements for accreditation of educational programs, with the involvement of employees of faculties, departments and other structural units of the University;
  • provision of methodological assistance to structural units of the University, responsible persons from faculties and departments, who prepare materials for licensing or accreditation cases; providing them with the necessary normative and legal general university documentation;
  • development and coordination with other structural units of the university of plans, programs of interaction on the subject of 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 base of regulatory and legal documentation on issues of licensing, accreditation and quality of higher education;
  • analysis of current regulatory documents on the quality of educational activities and the quality of higher education;
  • analysis of current regulatory documents regarding licensing and accreditation of educational programs;
  • analysis of updating and filling educational and methodological support of the educational process;
  • monitoring the quality of educational and methodological support of the educational process;
  • survey of employers about the quality of training of University graduates;
  • survey of graduates regarding the quality of the educational program;
  • conducting surveys (questionnaires) of scientific and pedagogical workers regarding the quality of educational activities;
  • conducting surveys (questionnaires, evaluations) of higher education applicants regarding the quality of educational activities, etc.;
  • conclusion of contracts with enterprises (organizations, institutions), which are defined as bases of practice;
  • clarifying with the practice databases the conditions for conducting the practice;
  • providing departments with information on the availability of practice places in accordance with concluded contracts;
  • control over practice, analysis and generalization of its results;
  • implementation of control over the development of educational and methodological support for practice;
  • creation of a database of applicants and graduates for employment, accumulation of a bank of potential enterprises, institutions and organizations (employers) for students and graduates.
  • organization of meetings of employers and stakeholders with applicants and graduates on the possibility of their further employment at specific enterprises, institutions and organizations, measures to promote the employment of applicants and graduates (career days, round tables, seminars - workshops, scientific and practical conferences, job fairs, competitions to fill vacant positions at the request of the employer, holding meetings with the best graduates of the University, etc.);
  • planning and coordination of the work of faculties, graduation departments regarding the organization of employment of applicants who wish to work in their free time from studies;
  • establishment of close cooperation with student self-government bodies in solving employment issues.

Licensing and accreditation

The department provides methodical assistance to structural units of the University, guarantors, responsible persons from 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.

On August 29, 2024, an extended meeting of the Scientific and Methodological Council of LTEU was held, at which changes in the procedure for accreditation of educational programs by the National Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education were considered. With the materials of the report of the first vice-rector, prof. Barny M. Yu. can be found here.

On October 8, 2024, the training "Preparation of self-analysis materials for the accreditation of educational programs at the bachelor's level in 2024-2025" was held. which was attended by heads of departments and guarantors of educational programs that will undergo accreditation in 2024-2025.

Open general university lessons, lessons

The department constantly organizes university-wide open lectures of professors and teachers, which contribute to improving the lecturing and pedagogical skills of teachers, improving the ability of lecturers to find contact with an audience of students, to encourage them to work, think, and even to argue with the lecturer on some controversial issues. Over the past 5 years, about 20 open lectures have been delivered, the authors of which were: prof. Cherkasova S.V., prof. Kotuha O.S., prof. Rushchyshyn N.M., prof. Pilyavskyi A.I. Prof. Medvid L.H., prof. SvidrukI.I., Prof. Voronko R.M., Prof. V. I. Kutsyk, prof. Mishchuk I.P., prof. I.M. Melnyk, prof. Medvid A.B., prof. Podorozhna T.S., prof. Trut O.O., prof. Kopych R.I., prof. Yu.I. Turyanskyi, prof. Shevchyk B.M., prof. Kostenko A.V., prof. Yu.V. Polyakova, prof. Kovalik N.V., prof. Franiv I.A. etc.

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.