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Quality Assurance Center

The Quality Assurance Center (QAC) was established to monitor and oversee the quality in educational standards at PSU helping in achieving national and international accreditation of the PSU program. The QAC focuses on spreading the culture of quality in the university through continuous support and effective advising on quality matters, leading to the building of distinguished experiences in all academic and administrative processes. It aims at verifying and ensuring the university's services are being performed in a manner that meets or exceeds internal and external educational requirements and stakeholders' expectation. Along with other centers of the Deanship of the Quality Assurance and Development (DQAD), the QAC participates actively in all quality efforts such as planning and monitoring of strategic plans and program assessments, analysis of the stakeholders' survey results and key performance indicators against the pre-specified internal and external benchmarks, and support the accreditation process at the institutional and program level.

Purpose

The PSU’s Quality Assurance System enables to

  • monitor the quality of services provided to stakeholders with respect to academic and administrative support to help the University reify its vision, mission, and core values.
  • maintain high standards in all services to meet the national and international requirements in higher education
  • encourage continuous improvement in the management of quality academic and administrative processes in accordance to the national and international educational standards.

Vision

The Quality Assurance Center (QAC) at Prince Sultan University aspires to be a leading center for promoting and ensuring excellence in academic and administrative processes, contributing to the university's mission to provide quality education and foster a culture of continuous improvement and development.

Mission

The Quality Assurance Center (QAC) is committed to promote, monitor and oversee the quality in educational standards at PSU, with the aim of achieving national and international accreditation of the university's programs. We strive to promote a culture of quality across the university, providing continuous support and effective advising on quality matters, and leading to the building of distinguished experiences in all academic and administrative processes. Our goal is to ensure that the university's services are performed in a manner that meets or exceeds internal and external educational requirements and stakeholders' expectations.

Core Values

  • Integrity: express our integrity through objectivity, honesty, ethical practice, and transparent communication
  • Excellence: strive for excellence of the work at PSU and encourage a culture of learning and creativity to continually enhance quality services
  • Collaboration / Team work: value collaboration with others, respecting the diversity and talents of our colleagues
  • Reliability: ensure that the information disseminated to various academic and administrative units by the QA Centre is trustworthy
  • Competency and Solemnity: The staff on board should be highly skilled and committed to provide continuous support and disseminate authentic information related to quality.
  • Cooperation: caring attitude toward the faculty and staff

QAC’s Primary Goals

  • Promote quality culture and governance
  • Ensure Excellence in Quality Practices in teaching and learning as well as its support services.
  • Oversee quality Compliance and requirements for International and National Accreditation
  • Enhance Continuous Quality Improvement.