“National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation”

 

Date:Tuesday -24/5/2022

Location:Triumph Luxury Hotel AL-Tagmoa 5th

Prof. Dr. Johansen Eid – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education

Prof. Dr. Sana Rady – Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education for Higher Education

 

Attendees:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Allam – Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faika Ibrahim Hassanein – Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance Center

 

Target:

A ceremony honoring the presidents of Egyptian universities for obtaining accreditation from the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation

Dr. Ahmed Allam, Director of the Quality Assurance Center, and his deputy, Dr. Faika Ibrahim Hassanein, on behalf of Prof. Mahmoud Mohi El-Din, President of Pharos University in Alexandria, received the honorary trophy of Pharos University from the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, and Prof. Dr. Yohansen Eid handed over the trophies and certificates to the universities participating in the forum.

It is worth noting that Pharos University in Alexandria established twelve faculties and Faculty of Pharmacy was accredited in 2016 and the accreditation was renewed in 2021 for 5 years more . both faculties of Engineering and Tourism & Hotel Management were accredited in 2018, then the faculty of Dentistry in 2019, and finally the faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences in 2022, the latter was internationally accredited by the University of Ireland TU Dublin following local approval.

It is also worth noting that the Quality Assurance Center always seeks to qualify the rest of the university’s faculties to be accredited by NAQAAE, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nourhan Fanaki Vice-President for Education and Student Affairs, and Supervisor of Quality Assurance Center

“Field visit activities of the team’s re-evaluation visit to the Faculty of Finance and Administration by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation”

 

Date: Sunday -22/8/2021

 

Target:

The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the members of the accreditation re-evaluation visit team for the Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences – Pharos University in Alexandria by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, which consists of:
Prof. Aladdin Abdel Aziz Musa Al-Nanay (Chairman)
Prof. Adel Rayan Muhammad Rayan (Member)
Prof. Muhammad Husayn Salih Abdul-Ghafoor Bersi (Member)
Prof. Souad Hassan Khader Hassan (Member)
Prof. Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim Rizk (Observer)
Prof. Abdel Hamid Mohamed Abdel Hamid Negm (Observer)

“The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the members of the faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences accreditation re-evaluation visit – Pharos University in Alexandria”

Date: Sunday & Monday-Sunday
15 & 16/8/2021
22/8/2021

Location: “Pharos University in Alexandria”

Target:

The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the members of the accreditation re-evaluation visit team for the Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences – Pharos University in Alexandria by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, which consists of:
Prof. Aladdin Abdel Aziz Musa Al-Nanay (Chairman)
Prof. Adel Rayan Muhammad Rayan (Member)
Prof. Muhammad Husayn Salih Abdul-Ghafoor Bersi (Member)
Prof. Souad Hassan Khader Hassan (Member)
Prof. Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim Rizk (Observer)
Prof. Abdel Hamid Mohamed Abdel Hamid Negm (Observer)

“Accreditation of higher education institutions in the digital age”

Date: Tuesday   25-8-2020

Location: “Online”

Attendees:

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Allam – Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Assoc. Prof. Faika Ibrahim – Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Target:

The mechanism of accreditation of institutions in light of the Corona pandemic, while taking precautionary measures

Within the framework of permanent cooperation with the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation, Pharos University in Alexandria was represented in the presence of Assoc. Prof.  Ahmed Allam, Director of the Quality Assurance Center and Assoc. Prof. Faika Ibrahim, Deputy Director of the Center, a meeting under the title “Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in the Digital Age, on Tuesday 25/8/2020. In which A. Prof. Youhansen Eid, Chairman of the Authority’s Board of Directors, presented the most important changes and challenges that will be applied during visits to institutions that will apply for accreditation starting from the academic year 2020/2021.

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“The tenth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation with Daman Centers

“Quality in Egyptian universities under the title:“ Strategic partnership and unity of purpose

 Date: Tuesday 25-2-2020

Location: “The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Attendees:

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Allam – Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Assoc. Prof. Faika Ibrahim – Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Target:

Representing Pharos University in Alexandria in the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Meetings

Representing Pharos University in the tenth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian universities.

The Ninth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation with the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian universities under the title: “Strategic partnership and unity of purpose”

 Date: Monday 30/9/2019

Location: Misr University for Science and Technology

Attendees:

Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Allam – Director of the Quality Assurance Center

Dr. Faika Ibrahim – Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance

Target:

Representing Pharos University in the ninth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the Directors of Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities: which was organized by the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the exchange of experiences: a strategic partnership and the unity of the goal of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, on Tuesday 25-2 2020

“Self-evaluation workshop for educational programs for colleges and institutes of higher education”

Date: Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday 2-4/7/2019

Location: Pharos University in Alexandria – D017:

Attendees:

Academic leaders and Staff members  the all faculties in PUA.

Target:

  • This program aims to develop the participants ’knowledge and skills and support their positive attitudes in order to enable them to prepare and review the self-evaluation of the academic programs of the faculties and institutes of higher education.
  • Increase the communication link between the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation and the Quality Assurance Center at Pharos University in Alexandria.

Representing Pharos University in the Sixth International Conference on Education Quality “Between international planning … and regional implementation” in the presence of Prof. Nourhan Fannaki, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs and Supervisor of the Quality Assurance Center, Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Allam, Director of the Quality Assurance Center, Dr. Faika Ibrahim, Deputy Director of the Quality Assurance Center.

Date: Wednesday – 12/6/2019

Location: Cairo

Conference objectives:

  • Exchanging experiences and disseminating good practices in the field of quality assurance of education.
  • Enhancing the authority’s leadership role at the regional and international levels.
  • Foreseeing mechanisms and methods to improve the educational response to the current and future needs of the labor market.
  • Strengthening partnerships at the local, regional and international levels.

Conference Themes:

  • Internationalization and quality assurance of education.
  • Agenda for the African Framework for Quality Assurance of Education.
  • The role of ensuring quality education in the year of education.
  • Competency-based education and the paradigm shift: teaching health professions as a model.
  • The role of ensuring the quality of technical education in improving response to current and future labor market needs

The eighth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Date: Monday – 15/4/2019

Location: Tanta University

Attendees:

Directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Target:

To exchange of experiences: a strategic partnership and a goal unit.

The Seventh meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Date: Sunday – 22/12/2018

Location: Assiut University

Attendees:

Directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Target:

For the exchange of experiences: a strategic partnership and a goal unit under the title “A comprehensive overview of program accreditation”

The sixth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the Directors of Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities

Date: Wednesday 2/5/2018

Location: Pharos University in Alexandria

Attendees:

Directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Target:

To share experiences: a strategic partnership and a goal unit under the title “Entrepreneurship and Employment Skills” .

The Fifth meeting of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for the directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in the Egyptian universities Date: Wednesday 2/5/2018

Date: Monday 11/27/2017.

 

Location: Banha University

Attendees:

Directors of the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities.

Target:

To exchange experiences: a strategic partnership and a goal unit under the title “The Impact of Accreditation in Higher Education Institutions”

Representing the university by attending the fifth conference of the authority, which was held on 21-22 / 4/2017 under the title Ensuring Quality Education: Reflections on Aspirations Horizons. The conference also included three workshops, the most important of which were – – The National Academic Standards Workshop of Reference for the Engineering Sector: Guidelines and Tips for Application: Target audience: faculty members in colleges of engineering, interested persons and researchers, and the workshop aims to launch the new version of the engineering sector standards, based on competencies, and training on the mechanisms and procedures for its application. Which was attended by a team from the Faculty of Engineering at Pharos University.

The fourth conference of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation, entitled “Building bridges and enhancing confidence,”

Date: 23&24/4/2017.

   Location:   Cairo

Attendees: A delegation from Pharos University

Target:

The fourth international conference of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation focused on how to address challenges and issues in the field of education in light of the participation of a wide range of stakeholders, and the fourth international conference of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation comes to ensure the quality of education in response to those challenges, and then the conference title was Building bridges and enhancing confidence

Conference objectives:

  1. Exchanging experiences and disseminating good practices in the field of quality assurance of education.
  2. Enhancing the leadership role of the authority as it is the independent entity for accreditation at the local level.
  3. Foreseeing mechanisms and methods to enhance the participation of the industry in education in light of the growing importance of the future.
  4. Launching the authority standards for accrediting universities.
  5. Checking the latest developments in the Egyptian Qualifications Framework.
  6. Drafting a new road map for the transition to competency-based education

Conference Themes:

  1. Foreseeing challenges and opportunities in light of a changing education landscape.
  2. Mechanisms for bridging the gap between labor market requirements and education system outcomes.
  3. Community accountability to educational institutions and their responsibilities.
  4. Leading Change: From Goals to Reflective Self-Assessment.
  5. International recognition from quality assurance institutions.
  6. University accreditation

The third meeting with the Quality Assurance Centers in Egyptian Universities – a strategic partnership and a goal unit entitled Good Practices for Quality Assurance Centers.

Date: Wednesday 10/12/2016

Location:   Zagazig University

Attendees: Dr. Faika Ibrahim

Specification of programs and courses in light of the competencies approach

Date: 23-25/10/2022

Day: Sunday- to Tuesday

Location: Faculty of Engineering

Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Wael Youssef

  • Certified trainer from the National Authority for Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation
  • Trainees

Attendance:

Staff members at the Faculty of Engineering

Aim of this Event: Introducing the standard academic reference standards for the Engineering sector, version 2018, issued by the National Authority for Educational Quality Assurance and Accreditation, and how to prepare each of the specifications and matrices of the courses and programs for competency-based education.

Activity:

The Quality Assurance Center at Pharos University in Alexandria seeks to provide training workshops based on the needs of the faculties. Also, the QAC is considered the link between the university’s faculties and the National Authority for Educational Quality Assurance and Accreditation. For this reason, a training course was implemented for the faculty of Engineering entitled: Description of programs and courses in light of the competencies approach. / Competencies, which took place over three days under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nourhan Fanaki, Vice President of the University and Supervisor of the QAC.

Specification of programs and courses in the light of the introduction of competencies

Date: 23-25/10/2022

Day: Sunday- to Tuesday

Location: E344

Instructor:

Prof. Dr. Wael Youssef

Head of Urban Planning Department – Faculty of Engineering – Al-Azhar University

Certified trainer from the National Authority for Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation

Attendance:

Staff members at the Faculty of Engineering, Pharos University and the Alexandria Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology

Aim of this Event: Raising the efficiency of staff members in how to prepare course and program specifications and matrices

Activity:

In the interest of the Quality Assurance Center to activate the training plan, the center held this workshop to clarify how to prepare programs and courses specifications and matrices in the light of competencies to raise the efficiency of faculty members in how to prepare Competency C, D

“Preparing an external auditor to adopt a program”

Date: 2-4/7/2019

Location: D019

Instructor: Dr. Madiha Wassef, a certified trainer from NAQAAE

Attendees: Staff Members from Faculties of Engineering, Arts & Design and Language & Translation

“The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members of the accreditation renewal visit of the faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management – Pharos University in Alexandria”

 

Date: Sunday – Tuesday  – 18-20/2/2024

 

The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members of the renewal accreditation visit for the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management – Pharos University in Alexandria by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, including :

 

Prof. Amal Mohamed Yousef Ibrahim- Chairman

Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab Morsy Abdel-Aal – Member

Prof. Shaban Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel-Aal – Member

Prof. Hoda Abd-Allah Mohamed Abd-Allah Kandeel – Member

Prof. Heba Allah Sobhy Ibrahim Abdo – Observer

“The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members for visit accreditation of a package of two programs: Electric Power and Control Engineering/ Electronics and Communications – Faculty of Engineering – Pharos University in Alexandria”

 

Date: Sunday – Tuesday  – 18-20/2/2024

 

The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members of the renewal accreditation visit for a package of two programs: Electric Power and Control Engineering/ Electronics and Communications – Faculty of Engineering – Pharos University in Alexandria” by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, including :

 

Prof. Dr. Ragab Abdel-Aziz Al-Sahami Abdel-Rahman – Chairman

Prof. Dr. Ghada Abdel-Moaz Mohamed Abdel-Hady – Member

Prof. Dr. Adel Abdel-Bast Mohamed Ahmed – Member

Prof. Dr. Heba Mohamed Abdel-Aty – Observer

“The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members for visit accreditation of a package of two programs: Architectural Engineering / Construction Engineering and Management – Faculty of Engineering – Pharos University in Alexandria”

 

Date: Sunday – Tuesday  – 18-20/2/2024

 

The Quality Assurance Center welcomes the team members of the renewal accreditation visit for a package of two programs: Architectural Engineering/ Construction Engineering and Management – Faculty of Engineering – Pharos University in Alexandria” by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation, including :

 

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Bast Abdou Mohamed – Chairman

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud El-Gamel – Member

Prof. Dr. Azza Sobhy El-Sakka – Member

Prof. Dr. Maysa Mahmoud Omer – Observer

Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences

 

On 9-2-2022, with the grace of God Almighty, the College of Dentistry was accredited by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation

Faculty of Pharmacy

On 24-1-2021, with the grace of God Almighty, the College of Dentistry was accredited by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation

Faculty of Dentistry

On 26-8-2019, with the grace of God Almighty, the College of Dentistry was accredited by the National Authority for Quality Assurance of Education and Accreditation Monday

Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management

Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management obtained accreditation from the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation on 07/30/2018

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering obtained accreditation from the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation on 3/13/2018

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy had obtained accreditation from the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation on 3/21/2016