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Overview
Hamad Bin Khalifa University is committed to continuously monitoring its effectiveness in achieving its mission and strategic objectives, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and data-informed decision making, and fostering excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE), housed at the Office of the President, works in close collaboration with all university units and offices to collect, validate, and maintain institutional data and support planning, assessment, and continuous improvement.
The office facilitates data-informed decision-making, assists in linking assessment results to planning and budgeting, and supports evidence-based continuous improvement. It serves as HBKU’s official data source for internal and external stakeholders, monitors compliance with accreditation standards and ministry licensing requirements, and assesses the university’s performance and effectiveness in achieving its mission.
Mission
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports HBKU’s assessment and continuous improvement processes. It actively facilitates efforts to improve the quality of academic programs, research, services, and operations, as well as the university’s ability to achieve its mission and vision. The OIE engages in collecting, analyzing, interpreting, maintaining, and disseminating institutional data to serve internal and external stakeholders, and support planning, budgeting, and data-informed decision making.
Goals
The main goals of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness are:
- Develop and oversee HBKU’s Institutional Effectiveness framework and coordinate assessment and continuous improvement processes.
- Develop and manage the Institutional Research function and serve as official data source for internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain the university’s official repository of policies and procedures and oversee their development, review, and approval processes.
- Lead the university ranking and institutional accreditation processes and monitor compliance with accreditation standards and ministry licensing requirements.
- Promote a university-wide culture of data-informed decision making and evidence-based continuous improvement.
Main Functions
- Institutional Accreditation
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Ranking
- University Policies and Procedures
- Institutional Research (Institutional Data, Data Analytics and Reporting)
