The verification process waslaunched at a ceremony on January 16.
The VNU University of Scienceis also the first university in Southeast Asia to take the AUN-QA examination.
Addressing the event, NantanaGajaseni, AUN General Executive Director said theaccreditation programme at the university level aims to comprehensively assessthe quality of training and research in the educational institution, and evaluatethe efficiency of its internal quality assurance system.
The application of the standards is aimed at improving the quality ofuniversities in the Southeast Asian region.
The five-day programme was joined by educational experts and managers from universitiesin the region.
In 2012-2015, the VNU University of Science had six bachelor trainingprogrammes verified under the AUN-QA standard,which are the majors of chemistry, biology, mathematics, physics, geology and environmentalscience. Of which, the training programmes in chemistry and geology got 5.0marks – the second highest score in Southeast Asia.
After the assessment programmes of training programmes in universities, this isthe first time the AUN has carried out the accreditation at theuniversity-level.-VNA