The Graduate School of Public Policy's Master’s programmes in Public Administration and Public Policy were successfully accredited by the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA) in 2019 and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) in 2023.

The English for Academic Purposes programme (Modules FEAP 010 and 020) of the Centre for Preparatory Studies was accredited by the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) in 2020 and reaccredited in 2024.

NU is the first university in the CIS countries to gain BALEAP accreditation.

The Graduate School of Business is in the process of pursuing the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation; its Full-Time and Executive MBA programmes were accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Business Graduates Association (BGA) in 2023.

 AACSB and AMBA are two of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education (the "triple crown").

Current status: the School is now engaged in the annual review process for AACSB accreditation.

7 programmes of 3 NU Schools - Schools of Engineering and Digital Sciences (SEDS), Mining and Geosciences (SMG), and Sciences and Humanities (SSH, STEM) are in preparation for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation. ABET accreditation assures that a programme has met standards essential to prepare graduates to enter critical STEM fields in the global workforce.

The list of programmes:

• BEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering; BSc in Computer Science (SEDS);
• BSc in Petroleum Engineering (SMG);
• BSc in: Physics; Chemistry; Mathematics; Biological Sciences (SSH).

Current status: the Schools have revised their programmes to align them with ABET accreditation requirements and submitted their requests for readiness review.

In 2024, the School of Medicine received full international accreditation for its Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme from the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA), recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME).

The School is currently pursuing the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA) accreditation for its Master of Public Health (MPH) programme. The School has submitted its self-evaluation report to APHEA.

The Graduate School of Education is progressing towards applying for the International Programme Accreditation (IPA) by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

The QAA, an independent quality body for higher education in the UK, is one of the world’s experts in quality assurance.