Academic Accreditation Unit (AAU)

Academic Accreditation Unit (AAU)

In the year 2002, a Coordination Committee was formed before the evaluation visit of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. It was chaired by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. The Committee held weekly meetings to coordinate and define policies and to review progress of the preparation for the ABET visit. A sub-committee was formed and assigned the task of preparing Volume I of the self-study questionnaire for the engineering Faculty. Individual departmental committees and sub-committees worked on the preparation of Volume II of the study questionnaire for their respective programs. For instructional purposes, other committees were also formed to review the progress of the Faculty and Department activities.

In September 2003, Faculty of Engineering at KAU acquired the substantial equivalency for its 12 Programs from the ABET. The Faculty is now working for its programs accreditation based on the EC 2000. This requires substantial work from Faculty members, administrative leaders, and students. So, for continuous improvement, all the previous committees either on the Faculty level or Department level were reformed. In addition, a few new committees/units were constituted. One of these units is the Academic Accreditation Unit (AAU) which was constituted to work closely with Faculty ABET Committee.

Mission:

Qualify the education systems in the Faculty of Engineering to meet EC 2000 standards

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Set all necessary activities at the program and Faculty level.

• Identify the deadlines of all necessary activities at the program and Faculty level.

• Schedule and organize regular seminars and/or workshops for college staff members, administration staff, and students.

• Work closely with the Faculty ABET Committee

• Design the common assessment forms

• Assist scientific departments in designing the required assessment forms either at the program or course level

• Assist scientific departments in preparation program self-study questionnaire and other materials required by ABET

• Supervise and implementation follow up ABET EC 2000 requirements for the scientific departments and administration units in the Faculty

• Construct an archiving system for Volume (I) and Volumes (II) and any other necessary materials.

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