Department Tasks

Principal Tasks

Strategy and Planning

• Preparing and periodically updating the university’s strategic plan for quality assurance
• Preparing annual improvement plans for colleges and centers
• Proposing policies and procedures required to operate the quality system

Institutional and Programmatic Accreditation

• Following up institutional accreditation procedures in line with the Ministry of Higher Education’s standards
• Supporting colleges and departments in obtaining programmatic accreditation
• Liaising with international accreditation bodies and submitting required files
• Tracking ISO certifications across the university

Performance Evaluation

• Preparing annual institutional performance-evaluation forms
• Distributing forms to colleges and centers and monitoring their application
• Collecting and analyzing data and issuing reports
• Publishing results and submitting recommendations to relevant authorities

Rankings

• Tracking the university’s position in international and Arab rankings
• Collecting and formatting data per the requirements of each ranking
• Liaising with ranking bodies (Times Higher Education, QS, Webometrics, Scimago, IRU)
• Producing annual reports on ranking outcomes

Laboratory Accreditation

• Inventorying laboratories across all colleges
• Documenting laboratory equipment and capabilities
• Pursuing laboratory accreditation in line with ISO/IEC 17025
• Disseminating laboratory safety standards and monitoring compliance

Promoting a Quality Culture

• Organizing training workshops on quality assurance and accreditation
• Preparing and circulating guidance manuals and standards
• Participating in conferences and seminars on quality
• Issuing awareness publications and bulletins

Surveys and Feedback

• Designing and implementing student-feedback surveys on teaching staff
• Designing student-satisfaction surveys on university services
• Designing employer-satisfaction surveys on graduates
• Analyzing results and submitting recommendations

External Coordination

• Coordinating with the Quality Assurance and Academic Accreditation Directorate at the Ministry
• Coordinating with the Supervision and Scientific Evaluation Authority
• Coordinating with international bodies concerned with quality and accreditation
• Maintaining memberships and subscriptions