On 17 to 19 December, 2012 National Centre for Public Accreditation carried out external evaluation of the study programme "General Medicine" delivered by KSMU (Kazan, Russia).

On 8 October 2012 the National Centre of Public Accreditation (NCPA, Russia) in collaboration with the Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN, Germany) held a seminar focused on the issues of joint and international accreditation of Russian higher education programmes. The event was hosted by the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.