Vitebsk Veterinary Academy certified the university's QMS according to the international standard STB ISO 9001-2009

August 8, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honour State Academy of Veterinary Medicine has certified the university's quality management system (QMS) for compliance with the STB ISO 9001-2009 standard, the educational institution informed a BELTA correspondent.

     The scope of certification covers the academy's educational activities, including pre-university training of specialists at the first and master's levels of higher education, professional development and retraining of personnel, as well as scientific and innovative activities, training of highly qualified scientific personnel, ideological and educational work.

     When creating and implementing the QMS at the university, the mission, vision, and quality policy of the veterinary academy's management were defined, and 9 standards and 6 passports describing processes and types of activities were developed. The main volume of preparatory work was related to training university staff, and 23 internal auditors were trained.

     The implementation and certification of the QMS is a guarantee of the quality of educational services and allows the veterinary academy to operate effectively, clearly position itself in the competitive struggle for applicants, including those from abroad, and enhance the prestige of the university. The veterinary university intends to actively develop its activities in the field of quality, ensure an innovative approach to educational and research activities, expand international cooperation, and improve the scientific, methodological, informational, and material and technical support of the educational process.

     The educational institution "Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honour State Academy of Veterinary Medicine" was established in November 1924 and is the legal successor of the Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honour Veterinary Institute named after the October Revolution. In 2002, the agricultural college was attached to the academy as a structural unit. The academy trains specialists with higher education in the specialties "Zootechnics", "Veterinary Medicine", "Veterinary Sanitation and Expertise", "Veterinary Pharmacy", as well as personnel with secondary vocational education in the specialties "Zootechnics", "Agronomy", "Veterinary Medicine", and retrains specialists with higher education in the specialties "Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise" and "Management of Organizations and Subdivisions of the Agro-Industrial Complex". In addition, the academy offers postgraduate studies in 12 specialties and doctoral studies in 8 specialties.

     The structure of the veterinary academy includes 5 faculties (Zootechnical, Veterinary Medicine, Correspondence, Professional Development and Retraining, Pre-University Training), 28 departments, an agricultural college, branches in Pinsk and Rechitsa, a research institute of applied veterinary medicine and biotechnology, an information technology laboratory, and other units.

 More than 350 specialists are engaged in scientific and pedagogical activities at the academy, including 20 Doctors of Sciences and 177 Candidates of Sciences. Currently, about 2.8 thousand students are studying at the full-time department of the Vitebsk Veterinary Academy.-0-