University teaching staff who wish to become ARACIS expert evaluators must go through a process that includes meeting eligibility conditions and evaluation criteria. Admission to the National Register of Expert Evaluators (teaching staff) RNE-CD is done by going through two successive stages.

Eligibility conditions:

Ø To be tenured teaching staff with an individual employment contract for an indefinite period, holding the position of lecturer, associate professor, or university professor, with experience in evaluating the quality of education.

Ø The teaching staff prove experience in the field of quality assurance in higher education.

Ø To apply for only one field of undergraduate studies or for the forms of organization of distance and part-time undergraduate study programs.

Ø There must be an active call for applications for the selected field of undergraduate studies or for the forms of organization: distance learning and part-time learning.

Evaluation criteria

Ø Candidates have teaching and scientific research experience in the field of undergraduate studies for which they apply or for the forms of organization of distance and part-time study programs;

Ø Candidates have experience in university management, acquired through:

· being members in leadership structures at university level or equivalentto these;

· holding management positions in a higher education institution or an education provider or equivalent to these

Ø Candidates prove knowledge of at least one internationally spoken foreign language;

Ø Candidates have not been sanctioned for breach of university professional ethics and deontology rules.

Admission of teaching staff to the National Register of Expert Evaluators (teaching staff), RNE-CD is carried out through an electronic platform, available at: https://rne.aracis.ro. Applications sent by other means of communication are not accepted for analysis. Each teacher must first register on the electronic platform https://rne.aracis.ro/înregistrare.aspx.

Document submission:

· Electronically via the platform https://rne.aracis.ro.

· Schedule: Monday – Friday 08.00 – 16.00

Required documents:

1. The teaching staff's CV – this will be filled in directly on the platform https://rne.aracis.ro.

2. Certificate – issued by the higher education institution where the candidate comes from, certifying that he or she is a tenured teacher, with an individual employment contract for an indefinite period, holding the position of lecturer, associate professor, or university professor;

3. Declaration on own responsibility that they have not been sanctioned for violating university professional ethics and deontology norms.

Admission stages

· Stage I - involves fulfilling eligibility conditions and evaluation criteria according to the information provided in the CV and the documents uploaded to the candidate platform. The Permanent Experts Committee (CEP) analyzes these applications and formulates reasoned opinions regarding the acceptance or rejection of the applications. The ARACIS Executive Office validates the CEP's proposal regarding the acceptance or rejection of the application. The decision of acceptance / rejection of the application is communicated by e-mail.

To progress to stage II, it is necessary to successfully complete stage I.

· Stage II - involves taking a test to assess knowledge regarding evaluation and quality assurance in higher education, according to the bibliography available at https://www.aracis.ro/bibliografie-aracis-rne/, requiring a minimum score of 70% of the maximum possible score.

Admission of candidates to RNE-CD is done with the approval of the ARACIS Council, after successfully completing both admission stages.