AUST offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate programs that satisfy the needs of students and employers in relation to the knowledge-based economy through the combination of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The University is committed to producing globally competitive graduates who are equipped with the highest sense of professionalism and social responsibility by continually enhancing the quality of its core functions: teaching, research, training, expertise and practice, all exercised in an innovative environment.
GOALS
- Enable graduates to achieve high-level professional objectives and assume leadership roles by acquiring up-to-date knowledge and advanced skills.
- Offer a broad range of degree programs relevant to the needs of the UAE and GCC countries.
- Enable graduates to achieve high-level professional objectives and assume leadership roles by acquiring up-to-date knowledge and advanced skills.
- Enable students to develop critical thinking skills, and impart to them the values of lifelong learning.
- Improve AUST research activity by establishing research groups, and increase research funding.
- Broaden the number of offered Graduate programs and establish Doctoral programs.
- Retain outstanding Faculty and Staff.
- Re-enforce the current framework for quality enhancement involving both internal and external assessments.
- Promote important aspects of professional life, such as ethical behavior, responsibility, community engagement, and ideals.
OBJECTIVES
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| Diversification of Programs |
- Complete the needs assessment and feasibility study for the establishment of: o College of Architecture and Building Sciences o College of Arts and Design o College of Environment and Medicine
- Submit initial accreditation applications for the planned new programs.
- Establishment of joint programs with renown institutions.
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| Competency of Graduates |
- Colleges will regularly review the learning outcomes of the offered programs to ensure that they match the expectations of potential employers.
- Colleges will conduct comparative analysis of the divergence between AUST programs and international professional program accrediting bodies.
- Colleges will ensure that students have a strong knowledge in communication skills, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
- Colleges will focus on the weaknesses raised by organizations where students conduct their internships.
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| Critical thinking and Lifelong Learning |
- Increase the number of individual and group assignments at individual courses.
- Enforce plagiarism policy.
- Ensure that tutorial, Lab sessions, and graduation projects contain critical thinking and self- learning components.
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Research Activities and Funding
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- Establish College of Graduate Studies and Research.
- Increase the number of Graduate Diploma and Master programs.
- Offer Doctoral programs in Colleges that have offered graduate programs for more than 3 years.
- Sign MoUs for joint graduate programs with renown institutions for participation in initiating new graduate programs.
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Recruitment and Retention of Highly Qualified Faculty and Staff
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- Maintain the attractiveness of the current salary scale and benefits.
- Encourage the participation of outstanding faculty in the activities of the Department and College.
- Maintain the current stable employability of outstanding faculty and staff.
- Recruit new faculty with excellent credentials and experience based on the planned needs of the Colleges.
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Quality Enhancement
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- Implement the second cycle of Internal Assessment for programs and services: improvement of degree of achievements of measured objectives.
- Organize meetings at both college and unit levels to discuss the results of Internal Assessment and make recommendations to the Academic and Educational Council.
- Adhere to benchmarking locally and internationally.
- Formalize invitation of experts in the field for internal auditing.
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| Community Engagement and Ethics |
- Encourage students, faculty and staff to participate in voluntary work on a regular basis within the Emirate of Ajman and the UAE society.
- Organize workshops to discuss ethical behavior. • Organize approach seminars on relevant topics.
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