Quality is an essential component of the development of higher education institutions. Quality procedures and applications have transformed from being an optional option for institutions to an important necessity for the continued excellence of universities. To achieve this excellence, universities must measure and develop their outputs according to local and international quality standards. Therefore, Emirates International University seeks to develop and apply the concept of quality to improve the efficiency of its staff and ensure the quality of its academic program outcomes .
To this end, the Center for Development and Quality Assurance was established at the university to help achieve the university's mission and objectives in accordance with approved policies and strategies. The center is responsible for monitoring and following up on the implementation of quality assurance standards, including academic, administrative, and infrastructure quality. This is aimed at raising the performance of the university and its affiliated colleges, enhancing their competitiveness at the national, regional, and international levels, and ensuring their application of accreditation and quality systems and standards .
The center oversees planning and development, including strategic planning, information gathering, analysis, and conducting necessary studies. The center also contributes to evaluating the performance of university departments and monitoring their implementation and development, in addition to developing and building human capacity at the university to achieve and sustain the quality assurance system.
The Center also supports colleges in preparing and developing academic programs in accordance with the National Academic Reference Standards (NARS) and designing templates to help describe academic programs and courses in various colleges. It also designs forms and questionnaires that help monitor the educational process and university services, monitors the work of quality assurance units in colleges, and assesses their effectiveness in implementing quality assurance mechanisms within the college.
This is achieved by analyzing and evaluating the periodic reports of these units, developing indicators to measure the outcomes of university plans and the quality of performance, proposing their approval by the University Council, and analyzing the results of periodic evaluations and audits at the university .
All of this aims to represent the university in the best possible way that reflects its achievements and aspirations, with the goal of raising its level to become a competitive university at the local and regional levels .
Prof. Sharaf Al-Hamdi,
Dean of the Center for Development and Quality Assurance
