Activities overview of the National Information Center on Academic Recognition and Mobility, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

The National Information Center on Academic Recognition and Mobility was created in 1999 by the order of the Minister of Education in the events of process realization of joining by Russia to the Lisbon Convention on recognition.

In accordance with the Article 10 of the Convention the National Information Center became a part of the network of the information centers on academic recognition and mobility of the European Region, the ENIC/NARIC Network, and is now actively cooperating with centers oversees on issues of recognition of documentation on education.

The co-joint secretariats of the Network are the Council of Europe and the and the UNESCO-SEPES. The ENIC/NARIC Network is in close cooperation with the European Commission.

The Network comprises of 54 countries, including all European states, USA, Australia, Canada, Israel, countries of Caucasus and Central Asia. The agencies on academic recognition and mobility are created in many other countries of the world. The participants of the ENIC/NARIC Network are actively cooperating with these agencies on issues of qualifications recognition.


The Core Functions of the National Information Center on Academic Recognition and Mobility are the following:

• Conducting data gathering and analysis to provide recognition of qualifications, as well as qualifications assessments;
• Information sharing on various aspects of educational systems, such as: accreditation status of the educational institutions, new institutional names and renames, educational programs and etcetera;
• Participation in work of the Commission on admission of foreign citizens to study at the Russian Federation institutions of higher education sponsored by the federal budget;
• Information material preparation about Russian education for the data bases of the International Universities Association and other international organizations;
• Publication of analytical articles on foreign education in Russian media sources;
• Participation in 'Working Group' of Ministry of Education on aspects of Bologna process;
• Maintenance of the web site on recognition issues in ENIC/NARIC Network format.

Contacts National Information Centre on Academic Recognition and Mobility. Ministry of Education and Science Mailing address: Mikluho-Maklaya St. 6, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, 117198, Russia Address: Ordzhonikidze St. 3, Moscow Tel.: + 07 495 958-28-81, 955-08-18 Fax: + 07 495 433-15-11, 958-28-81 E-mail: RussianENIC@sci.pfu.edu.ru; RussianENIC1@sci.pfu.edu.ru; lga46@rambler.ru Director: Gennady LUKICHEV Senior credential evaluator: Valery MITROFANOV