Universal Accreditation System (UAS)
Universal Accreditation System (UAS)
Indexing of educational activities is of great importance for supervisors and employers who seek for skilled fellows and employees. Despite a scholar’s research outputs that is readily accessible through online databases, one’s extra-curricular educational and executive activities are not usually indexed on online databases with public access. Individuals' attendance in extra-curricular educational programs qualify them in different fields other than their field of specialty. In addition, experiencing executive roles in different activities improve communication, management, and cooperative skills of students and prepare them for future occupations. Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) as one of the central organizations which has been established to promote science without borders, have organized over 500 educational and inspirational scientific events over the first 5 years of activity. In the 6th year, USERN aimed at launching the Universal Accreditation System (UAS) to quantify educational activates and professional development, which have not been indexed on online databases. This system includes accreditation of activities for different categories including participation in different educational programs, and performing executive roles.
UAS credits appear on the profile of USERN members. To have your UAS credits recorded in USERN website and to have an online evidence of your participation in educational programs, register on USERN website, at https://usern.tums.ac.ir/Account/Register.
If you are interested in UAS and wish to devote UAS credits to your events, please fill the following form. We will evaluate your proposed events and if it meets the standard criteria to grant UAS credits to its participants, we will inform you about the amount of granted credits.
The UAS credits are calculated according to the following categories:
Participants:
- Theoretical courses – maximum of 0.05 credits per hour
- Hands-on experiences – maximum of 0.1 credits per hour
- Educational research workshops – maximum of 0.075 credits per hour
Instructors:
- Theoretical courses – maximum of 0.1 credits per hour
- Hands-on experiences – maximum of 0.2 credits per hour
List of Accredited Programs in 2021:
- USERN Laboratory Techniques School (August 2021): 8 workshops, 2.85 UAS credits
- USERN Research Week (September 2021): 6 workshops, 1.8 UAS credits
- USERN Congress (November 2021): 8 virtual sessions, 1.6 UAS credits; plus 0.15 UAS credit per workshop and 0.05 UAS credit per MeetTheExpert session