Self-evaluation

The self-evaluation process is one of the most important procedures that take place within the process of reviewing and evaluating the academic program. It includes the educational institution itself evaluating the academic program, which includes a detailed analysis of each axis of quality. It is considered a reference document that the external evaluation team relies on during its visit to the university because it provides a general framework. To evaluate the quality of academic programs according to scientific and objective bases by discussing each of the previous axes, where strengths and weaknesses are shown and addressed and solutions developed to address them, by designing and drafting questionnaires to measure the knowledge and satisfaction of stakeholders (students, faculty members, employees, the local community, employers) about the quality in the university and the survey of the stakeholders, and the collection and analysis of information. 

When preparing the report, transparency and accuracy in the information received, analysis, drawing conclusions based on facts, provision of supporting evidence, and distancing from the constructive narrative are taken into consideration.

The report includes the following items:

First, introduction: A brief overview of the university, college and department offering the academic program to be evaluated.

• The establishment of the university, its faculties, its academic programs, the number of its students, its administrative staff.
• the university's mission with goals and vision.
• About the college, its establishment, its departments, its academic programs, the number of its students, its faculty members, and its supporting staff.

Second, evaluation of the academic program:

The evaluation process is carried out according to the axes shown in the table through:

• A description of the procedures and activities carried out by the department to achieve the aspects of the axis. 
• Points of strength and weakness and means of treatment and development. 
• A reference to the procedures and evidence of the procedures and activities carried out by the department.

1- A set of documents that are attached to the report in a detailed manner, including:

• learning outcomes in terms of understanding, perceptual and mental skills, and the skills acquired by the student, and a statement of the course’s relationship with these outputs, and the teaching and evaluation methods used.
• Structuring the academic curricula and the relationship of the courses with each other so that of the required courses and the number of their credit hours appear. 

2- Information about students, teaching and support staff.

• The mechanism for accepting students.
• The lower and higher grades, and the number of students accepted in the last five years for all academic programs offered by the department.
• Table of student progress for the last five years, showing the number of students accepted in each year, indicating their progress in each stage and their number after passing the stage.
• Table of information of the supporting staff and their academic qualifications Biography, including published research, academic qualifications, experience, and year of joining the department

3- Learning resources

• The report must contain an indexed table of supporting documents that have been prepared to inform the external review team about the equipment of the academic program, halls, books, and the infrastructure of the electronic portal.

4- A schedule of supporting documents

Minutes of department meetings, minutes of department committee meetings, reports of internal and external assessors, questionnaire results, the study plan and its updates, a sample of students' exams after correcting them, a sample of students' costs, study plans, student guide and brochures introducing the college and department.

Conclusion

The Development and Quality Unit prepared this action plan based on quality requirements and according to local and international standards. The plan aims to document the procedures of the Development and Quality Unit in order to develop quality in the university and apply for local and international institutional and program accreditation.