The Graduate School of Public Policy has achieved important milestones through the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA). In 2026, the PhD in Public Policy program received accreditation, while the Master in Public Administration and Master in Public Policy programs were reaccredited, following their initial accreditation in 2019. 

The GSPP Master’s programs in Public Administration and Public Policy were successfully accredited by 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 Full-Time and Executive MBA programs were accredited and recently reaccredited (2026) by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Business Graduates Association (BGA). 

Current status: the School is pursuing the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation.

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

Seven academic programs received international accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET):

Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria: 

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering;
• Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering;

Accredited by the by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria: 

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science;

Accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria:

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry;
• Bachelor of Science in Physics;
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics; 
• Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences.

For more details regarding the accredited programs, please follow this link.

The following programs are in preparation for the ABET accreditation:

• BSc in Mining and Minerals Engineering; BSc in Geology; BEng in: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Chemical and Materials Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering (SOE); 
• BSc in Robotics Engineering (SCAI).

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).

In December 2025, the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme was accredited by the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA) for six years confirming its adherence to internationally recognized standards in public health education (certificate).

In January 2026, three programs of the Graduate School of Education were awarded International Programme Accreditation (IPA) by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) 

• MA in Multilingual Education;
• MSc in Educational Leadership;
• PhD in Education

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