Page 24 - Academic policy

During the absence of the Chairman of the commission, he is replaced by the Deputy
chairman of the commission. In case of a conflict of interest at a meeting of the FAC, the
interested person is obliged to inform the members of the FAC and refrain from evaluating.
The FAC, as its members, includes persons with an academic degree or academic title
corresponding to the profile of graduates. Highly qualified civil servants who correspond to
the profile of the graduates can also be included.
The composition of the FAC is approved by the order of the Rector of the Academy on the
recommendation of the Institutes/NSPP no later than 1 month before the FA.
The FAC meeting is held under the leadership of its Chairman.
A meeting of the commission is considered competent if at least two thirds of its members
take part in its work.
16.1.3. Students who have completed the educational process and have fully fulfilled
the requirements of the EP and IDP (positive academic achievements, protection of practice
and internship reports, successful completion of the scientific component) can FA.
16.1.4. Admission to the FA of students is carried out by the order of the rector based
on the submission of the Directorate of the Institute / NSPP before the start of the FA. The
draft order of the rector is prepared by the EPC based on the submissions of the directorates
(Appendix 11) and data on academic performance.
16.1.5. A student who has a document on the relevant education issued by foreign
educational organizations is not allowed to IA without its nostrification by the National Center
for the Development of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the
Republic of Kazakhstan.
16.1.6. If the student fails to appear at the FA for a valid reason, the decision to
postpone the protection to a later date (no more than 1 (one) year) is made by the FAC.
Students write an application in any form.
16.1.7. If the student fails to appear at the IA for no good reason, the grade
"unsatisfactory" - "F" is given.
16.1.8. A master's student who has mastered the full theoretical course of the
master’s degree program, but has not completed the ERWS, is given the opportunity to re-
master the ERWS credits and defend the master's project in the next academic year on a
fee basis. The amount of loans disbursed by the ERWS is established based on the
submission of the Institutes/NSPP.
16.1.9. It can conduct FA in an online format, with the appropriate order / order of the
rector or the supervising vice-rector.
16.1.10. The requirements for writing, registration and the procedure for defending a
master's project are specified in the corresponding Manual.
16.2. Final certification of doctoral students.
16.2.1. The purpose of the FA is to assess the experimental-theoretical and research-
analytical level of the doctoral student, the former professional and managerial
competencies, readiness to independently perform professional tasks and compliance of his
training with the requirements of the professional standard and the EP of doctoral studies.
The FA of doctoral students is conducted in the form of defending a doctoral
dissertation in accordance with the Regulations on the Dissertation Council at the Academy
of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
16.2.2. To pass the defense of a doctoral dissertation, a doctoral student is given a
referral to the DC.
The doctoral dissertation is checked for the detection of borrowing of the text of other
authors, which is carried out by the National Center for State Scientific and Technical
Expertise.
16.2.3. A doctoral student who has completed a full course of theoretical training in
the doctoral program, but has not completed the ERWS, is given the opportunity to re-master