Strategic Plan

Vision

Excellence in the quality of university education at the national and regional levels

Mission

The Department of Development, Quality and Academic Accreditation of the Arab East Colleges is committed to supporting and improving the quality of all academic and administrative units belonging to the colleges and applying their nationally and internationally recognised standards and systems, and ensuring their continuity and development

Goals

Institutional:
1-A- Applying the criteria for institutional academic accreditation.
1. B. Preparing comprehensive plans for quality assurance and development in all academic and administrative units
1. C- Providing technical support to measure and evaluate the performance of the work outputs of all academic and administrative units.
1. D. Contributing to achieving the standards and controls of digital transformation in colleges.
Applying programmatic academic accreditation criteria in all academic college programs:
2-A- Consistency of academic programs in colleges with national and international accreditation standards, the requirements of the national qualifications framework, and with professional and specialised standards and labour market requirements.
2-B- Improving the results of college graduates in professional and standardised tests.
2-C- Preparing studies and reports on the follow-up of academic performance development in colleges.
Implementing comprehensive quality standards in academic and administrative units in colleges.
3-A- Establishing the culture of quality among college employees.
3-B- Developing the spirit of constructive competition between academic and administrative units in the colleges to achieve excellence in business outputs.
3-C- Providing consultations and technical support to the academic and administrative units of the colleges towards achieving quality standards and academic accreditation.

Values

Mastery - Leadership - Cooperation - Transparency - Credibility - Justice - Creativity

The strategic plan of the Arab East Colleges represents an integrated roadmap for achieving academic, research and community excellence, and is based on national and international quality standards, with a focus on continuous improvement, governance, and sustainability to ensure the achievement of the colleges' mission and objectives.

The axes of the strategy:

The vision of excellence in university education locally and regionally
The mission is to prepare a distinguished graduate scientifically and researchly who contributes effectively to serving the community and achieving Vision 2030, by providing a supportive and stimulating academic environment for creativity

Strategic objectives:

Providing academic and professional programs characterised by the quality of their educational outputs in accordance with the requirements of the labour market
Enhancing scientific research and knowledge production to meet societal needs and national trends
Promoting social responsibility and partnerships:
Developing the institutional system and operations governance in a framework of integrity, justice and transparency
Achieving sustainable development to provide an attractive academic environment that stimulates creativity
Achieving quality standards to contribute to the development of performance and improving academic reputation

Core values:

Teamwork - Commitment to the collectiveness of institutional work in all fields, programs and initiatives
Excellence and creativity - Excellence in general performance through quality and mastery in work - and appreciation of new ideas, and encouraging innovative methods in support of efficiency and effectiveness
Mutual respect - taking into account mutual respect among all faculty employees, students and researchers - to ensure the freedom of intellectual creativity in accordance with the rules, procedures, academic customs and regulations in force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Continuous Development and Improvement - Enhancing the continuity of development and improvement processes in all aspects of university work
Integrity and Transparency - Commitment to responsibility, accountability and equality in all academic and administrative practises

Implementation Axes:

Academic axis: program development, measuring learning outcomes, follow-up of the educational process
Research axis: Supporting research projects, establishing research centres, promoting scientific publication
Community Axis: Community Service Programs, Strategic Partnerships, Ongoing Training
Administrative and financial axis: developing administrative systems, enhancing financial efficiency, applying governance
Technical axis: Digital infrastructure development, e-learning support, data management.

Follow-up and evaluation mechanisms:

Key performance indicators (KPIs) for each strategic goal with a total of (67) performance indicators
Periodic, semi-annual and annual reports
Internal and external review of quality assurance
Continuous improvement plans based on the results of performance indicators and opinion polls