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Academic accreditation

It is an acknowledgment by the Education and Training Evaluation Commission that the educational institution has an active vision, mission, and strategic plan linked to national trends, and has governance systems that ensure its effectiveness and administrative efficiency, and has clear policies and procedures for designing and approving its academic programs, and possesses sufficient financial, infrastructural, material, and technical resources to support its activities.

Institutional accreditation objectives:

  1. Improving and maintaining the quality of higher education.
  2. Ensuring that the organization's programs meet development requirements.
  3. Ensuring that the organization's outputs possess globally competitive skills.
  4. Compliance with international standards and professional requirements.
  5. Raising the level of professional performance.

Institutional accreditation standards:

  1. Vision, mission, and strategic planning.
  2. Governance, leadership, and management.
  3. Education and learning.
  4. Students.
  5. Faculty and staff.
  6. Institutional resources.
  7. Scientific research and innovation.
  8. Community partnership.

This is an acknowledgment from the National Center for Academic Evaluation and Accreditation that the academic program meets the required quality assurance and academic accreditation standards.

Program accreditation objectives:

  1. Enhancing quality and excellence in higher education programs through academic evaluation and accreditation processes to be geared towards planning, decision-making, and achieving goals.
  2. Activating quality systems to achieve continuous improvement in the performance of academic programs within a framework of integrity, transparency, fairness, and a supportive organizational climate for work.
  3. Developing, improving, and adjusting the educational process and ensuring consistency with the requirements of the National Qualifications Framework, academic and professional standards, labor market requirements, and global practices.
  4. Striving to provide an academic system and a stimulating learning environment for students, and ensuring a scientific experience that meets academic accreditation standards.
  5. Enabling qualified teaching staff with the necessary skills and experience to carry out their academic, professional, research and community responsibilities.
  6. Providing sufficient learning resources, facilities, and equipment to meet the needs of academic programs and their courses, while continuously evaluating their effectiveness.

Program accreditation standards:

  1. Program management and quality assurance.
  2. Education and learning.
  3. Students.
  4. Faculty.
  5. Learning resources, facilities, and equipment.
  6. Scientific research and projects (graduate programs).

Institutional accreditation standards

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Academic accreditation vocabulary

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