From May 29 to 31, 2025, the international external expert commission conducted an institutional evaluation and review of the undergraduate educational programme in “General Medicine” at “Progress-University” (Gyumri, Republic of Armenia).

The commission was chaired by R.R. Yusupov, Associate Professor of the Department of Microbiology and Virology at the NJSC “S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University”, Member of the Kazakhstan Association of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, and Certified Accreditation Expert.

Commission members included: K.S. Urmanbetov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of Department, Deputy Director for Research, Chief Physician, Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic (MOH KR), Bishkek. Acting Professor at the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute of Continuing and Advanced Training under the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic; A.Kh. Arenova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of “Primary Education” at the NJSC “Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University”, Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary Professor of the International Institute of Differential Psychology; A.M. Kurmanova, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Clinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Leading Researcher at the Scientific Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan; A.G. Shamsutdinova, MD, PhD, Fogarty Fellow, Head of the Science Department and Deputy Director of the B. Atchabarov Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Medicine at the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University. President of the Association of Bioethics and Medical Law. Public Health Physician of the Highest Category; Hachik Galstyan, Director of Polyclinic No. 1, Surgeon at the Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Gyumri, Republic of Armenia; D.S. Yakubov, 6th-year student majoring in “General Medicine” at the NEI “Kazakh-Russian Medical University”, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan; A.G. Sarukhanyan, 4th-year student majoring in “History” at Shirak State University, Gyumri, Republic of Armenia.