The national accreditation system for higher education institutions in the Russian Federation is presented. The procedure for the integrated assessment of university activities, which is provided by the Ministry of Education, is described. The article examines licensing and attestation requirements and the procedure for achieving state accreditation. The requirements for gaining public professional accreditation are examined, as well as the tasks of the Russian Association for Engineering Education in this eld. The experience of Tomsk Polytechnic University in developing an internal attestation system and quality assurance for its educational process is discussed, as well as the involvement of the institution in international co-operation.

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The influence of space limited dispersion medium on the radiation distribution and picture quality properties obtained from the scattering medium of finite sizes have been investigated. Analytical expressions were obtained for calculation of radiation distribution, border function and visibility of light fringe function. It has been shown that space limited dispersion medium and lighting conditions influence much the picture quality properties.

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