Introduction

Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) has been working in Namal since it was an affiliated college of University of Bradford, UK and later of University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore. After achieving the status of degree awarding institution in 2019, QEC was further streamlined with the policy guidelines of QAA of HEC.

Vision of QEC

To employ continuous and gradual efforts in introducing and implementing the academic quality standards with the aim to fulfill the vision of Namal university of becoming a center of academic excellence for national uplift and development.

Mission of QEC

To devise and implement the quality assurance framework in order to meet the quality standards in teaching, research, and development in line with the mission statement of Namal university, i.e;

• Educating talented students who have Namal values and will contribute to organizations and community.
• Finding innovative solutions to rural challenges by highly trained academics.

Major Activities:

• Formulation and development of standards & policies related to Quality
• Implementation of Internal and External Quality Assurance Mechanism
• Coordination with Academic Departments regarding Accreditation Visits
• Conduct of Seminars/Lectures/Workshops on Quality Assurance
• Online conduct and analysis of feedback surveys
• Competing in National and International Rankings
• Acquiring membership of International Quality Networks
• Attending National and International events related to Quality Assurance

Assessment

Classification of Assessment

Assessment can be classified into following components.

• Internal Quality Assurance (IQA)
• External Quality Assurance (EQA)

Internal Quality Assurance (IQA)

IQA mechanism ensures effective execution of quality standards prescribed by HEC through an implementation of Self-Assessment Process.

• Self-Assessment Manual
• Guidelines for Executive Summary
• Rubric Evaluation of SARs form
• Feedback Survey
  • Teacher Evaluation and Course Evaluation by Students
  • Alumni Survey
  • Employer Survey
  • Survey of Graduating Students
  • Faculty Course Review Report

External Quality Assurance (EQA)

External Quality Assurance practices are carried out to compare quality standards of HEIs with national and international standards of HEC.

• Institutional Performance Evaluation Manual
• Performance Evaluation Standards for HEIs

Rankings

Namal University is on the ranking list of UI Green Metric Ranking since 2019.

Namal University this year also submitted its data for the first time in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

Downloads

• QA Manual
• Outstanding Teacher Award Policy
• Outstanding Teacher Award Nomination Form

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QEC Team