Basis for increasing the student quota is the number of places specified in the application for increasing the student quotas submitted by the institution to the Center. Along with the application, the institution submits a document confirming the payment of the prescribed fee for increasing the student quotas.

The application form to be submitted to the Center for increasing the student quotas is approved by the individual administrative-legal act of the Director of the Center.

Within the scope of the administrative proceedings, the Director of the Center issues an individual administrative-legal act on creation of the authorization experts panel of the general education institutions and on the site visit to the general education institution.

Upon examination of the application and attached documents, considering the methodology for determining the threshold number of the students of the general education institution envisaging the specificity of the programme and the resources of the institution, a draft report of the authorization expert panel is elaborated as a result of the authorization site visit and submitted to the Center.

The Center determines formal compliance of the authorization expert panel’s draft report. If the compliance is established, the draft report is sent to the general education institution. If necessary, to ensure the formal conformity of the draft report of the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution, the draft report is returned to the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution.

Within 10 calendar days after getting acquainted with the draft report of the expert panel of the general education institution, the general education institution shall submit an argumentative position in written form to the Center regarding the factual circumstances mentioned in the draft report, which is then sent to the expert panel of the general education institution authorization.

If the evaluation reflected in the draft report of the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution in relation to a specific standard/standards differs from the self-evaluation of the general education institution and the institution shares the evaluation of the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution, the general education institution is entitled to present a plan for ensuring compliance with the standard/standards, which by the authorization experts of the general education institution, together with an argumentative position, should be taken into account when forming the final report.

In the case of submission of the argumentative position, after its examination or in the case of non-submission of the argumentative position after the expiration 10 calendar days , the expert panel of the general education institution elaborates a final version of the report and submits it to the Center.

The report formed by the expert panel of the authorization of the general education institution includes information about the argumentation of sharing or not sharing the argumentative position of the general education institution by the panel of experts of the authorization of the general education institution.

The Center sends the authorization expert panel report of general education institution to the institution.

The decision on increasing the student quotas or on the refusal to increase the student quotas shall be made within 90 calendar days after submission of a written application on increasing the number of students to the Center.

The threshold of student quotas in the general education institution is increased for the remaining period of authorization.