NAA is a nonprofit organization which doesn’t have making profit as the main goal of its activity. The Agency has the right to carry out profit-bearing activity only to the extent that complies with the purpose of its establishing.

In accordance with its Statutes NAA fulfils specific functions in the procedure of state accreditation of educational institutions, and in the quality assurance of their education process; it contributes to achieving social goals and public good for the benefit of people, society and the state in the quality enhancement of education, academic, professional and social mobility of citizens, and competitiveness of Russian citizens in the international labor market.

The principal statutory function of NAA is information, methodological, technological, analytical and organizational support of the procedure of the state accreditation conducted by the Federal Service of Supervision in Education and Science, and the state monitoring of the quality of education in educational institutions. Another important function is promoting the system of quality control and quality assurance in the Russian Federation.

In alignment with its key function the Agency undertakes the following activities:

• forming and maintaining information resources on national accreditation issues and academic quality assessment in education institutions as well as the development of the information data base containing the performance indicators of activities in education institutions and organizations;
• information and methodological support of the accreditation procedure of educational institutions
• participation in activities aimed at implementation of issues set out in the Bologna Process in the area of academic quality assurance;
• advisory services on issues of state and public academic accreditation of education institutions;
• development of a software, reference and methodological base for the purpose of academic quality assurance and evaluation;
• monitoring the academic quality assessment process including testing technologies and surveys;
• carrying out research work for academic quality provision;
• organizing and conducting meetings, workshops and conferences to discuss ways of ensuring the development of state and public accreditation procedures, provision of quality management and academic quality assurance procedures in education institutions and organization;