About the Department

The Quality Assurance Department was established in accordance with the Royal Decree No. 62/2007 governing the Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS) and its bylaws, which was issued on July 3^rd, 2007. The department structurally comes under the College Dean and is responsible for the following:

- Following up the implementation of the operational plans of the College departments and centers.

- Following up the implementation of procedures of CAS policies.

- Conducting specialized workshops in accordance with the requirements of quality assurance.

- Studying the standards and principles of quality assurance received from (Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA) and act upon them.

- Spreading the culture of quality assurance in the College.

- Exchanging experience with different higher education institutions

  Institutional Accreditation

Institutional Accreditation of higher education institutions in Oman includes two phases: Quality Audit and Institutional Standards Assessment.

First: Quality Audit:

- The Self-Study report of the College was submitted to Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA) in January, 2009.

- The Quality Audit report of the College was published by Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA) in April, 2010.

1. Quality Audit Manual

http://www.oaaa.gov.om/QAM_2008_FINAL2.pdf

1. College Quality Audit Report http://www.oaaa.gov.om/Review/cas_ibri_audit_report_v6_final.pdf

Second: Institutional Standards Assessment

In this stage, the College has to prepare a Self- study application based on the requirements in the Standards Assessment Manual issued by (OAAA). If the College meets the requirements and passes the accreditation, it receives an accreditation certificate.

• The deadline for submitting Standards Assessment Application to (OAAA) is November, 2020.

• The date of the visit of the Standards Assessment is February, 2021.

• Institutional Standards Assessment Manual http://www.oaaa.gov.om/InstitutePdf/ISAM_2016_FINAL.pdf

• Useful Links

Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA)

 www.oaaa.gov.om

Oman Society for Quality in Higher Education (OAQHE)

 www.oaqhe.net/en

National Quality Training Program

 www.oaaa.gov.om/About.aspx#Train

Quality Assurance Department Publications

Newsletters for Quality Assurance Department:                           

•   Ibri Q A Newsletter-First Issue.
•  Ibri Q A Newsletter-2nd Issue.
•  Ibri Q A Newsletter-3rd Issue.

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