Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu

Pursuant to Article 23 (1) and (2) (2) of the Act of July 20, 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 85 as amended) and § 8 (2) and (3) (2) and § 87 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences introduced by Resolution No. 56/2019 of the Senate of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of June 28, 2019, as amended, the following is ordered:

§ 1

1. The organizational structure of the University Education Quality Assurance System (UEQAS) at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences has two levels:

1) the Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance (the RC for EQA),
2) The Faculty Committees for Education Quality Assurance (the FC for EQA).

2. Assuring the quality of PhD students’ education at the Doctoral School is governed by separate regulations.

§ 2

The purpose of the University Education Quality Assurance is to:

1) constantly monitor and improve the quality of education at first-, second- and long cycle studies as well as PhD studies and postgraduate studies;

2) undertaking pro-quality actions in teaching by using the results of student questionnaires, analysing graduates’ careers, and employers’ opinions on how graduates are prepared for professional work;

3) assess organization and conditions of education process by creating appropriate procedures;

4) analyse the development of innovative teaching methods;

5) monitor students’ mobility under national and international programmes;

6) analyse the level of internationalization of studying;

7) monitor the qualifications of teaching staff.

§ 3

Operation of the University Education Quality Assurance System

1. The dean is responsible for the quality of education in a given faculty.

2. The Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance consists of a chairman and members. The members include the Chairman of
the RC for EQA, two members of the Students’ Representative Council and the Head of the Department of Student Affairs.

3. The Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance consists exclusively of research workers or university teachers employed as a professor or an associate professor. The above requirement does not apply to the Head of the Department of Student Affairs.

4. The Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance consists of a chairman and members including at least 2 people for each field of study in the faculty, two-three representatives of students and PhD students and two representatives of the socio-economic environment.

5. The FC for EQA members should be research workers and university teachers employed as a professor or an associate professor, and in exceptional circumstances – as an assistant professor.

6. Membership in the FC for EQA cannot be combined with the position of a dean and vice-dean, and membership in the programme council for one or a group of fields of study.

7. The Chairman of the RC for EQA may invite other persons to the meetings of the Committee in an advisory capacity.

8. The Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance is appointed by the Rector at the request of the Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education.

9. The Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance is appointed by the Rector at the request of the Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance.

10. The term of office of the Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance lasts 4 years and begins on September 1 of the year in which the Rector’ term of office began.

11. The term of office of the Faculty Committees for Education Quality Assurance is 4 years and begins on January 1 of the year following the year in which the Rector’ term of office began.

§ 4

Tasks of the Rector’s Committee for Education Quality Assurance:

1) preparing a report on the implementation of the repair programme adopted in the previous academic year;

2) preparing and improving procedures related to teaching activity of the University and improving the quality of education through:

a) searching for and using good standards for faculties and university units,
b) proposing solutions and implementing them at the University;

3) analysing students’ mobility and improving methods that support such mobility in the fields of study based on: reports prepared by the Office of International Student Exchange Programmes (offers made by individual faculties as regards internships and the number of students participating in foreign exchange);

4) providing the Rector with a plan of actions aimed at improving the University Education Quality Assurance System,

a) drafting an annual report on the education quality assurance system in the previous academic year at all faculties by the end of February of the following academic year;

b) making proposals for changes to improve the education process and submitting them to the Rector;

5) providing the University Senate with a report on the UEQAS operations, no later than by March 31 of the following academic year.

§ 5

Tasks of the Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance:

1) drafting a report on implementation of the repair programme adopted in the previous academic year;

2) assessing methods of verification of learning outcomes covering 10% of subjects in first- and long-cycle studies, and 20% in second-cycle studies;

3) analysing survey reports at all levels of education, inspection reports and graduate student’s questionnaires (excluding their professional careers) for each field of study (the questionnaire template is provided in Attachment No.1);

4) seeking the opinion of external stakeholders, including units where student internships are served (opinion of an internship supervisor), on preparing future graduates for professional work and the legitimacy and correctness of developing new study programmes;

5) assessing the procedure for awarding a degree; assessment of dissertations covering 10% of them in a given field of the first-cycle studies (not less than 5 dissertations) and the second-cycle studies (not less than 3 dissertations);

6) evaluation of PhD studies in cooperation with heads of PhD studies;

7) evaluation of postgraduate studies in cooperation with heads of postgraduate studies;

8) giving opinions on study programmes for the cycle of education commencing the next academic year;

9) analysing the Polish Accreditation Committee reports regarding the fields of study in the faculty;

10) developing repair actions and their schedule, considering individual field of study and the entire faculty;

11) submitting departmental reports and faculty reports to the dean by November 30 and the faculty report (without attachments) to the Chairman of the RC for EQA by 15 December (template of reports are provided in Attachments No. 2 and No. 3);

12) presenting the faculty report at the meeting of the faculty employees and representatives of students;

13) detailed rules of operation of the Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance are set out in Attachment No. 4.

§ 6

1. The survey is conducted by the University Survey Team, appointed, and operating based on the Regulations constituting Attachment No. 5.

2. The dean is responsible for conducting a graduate’s questionnaire.

§ 7

By October 31, the dean provides the FC for EQA with a report on implementation of the repair programme adopted in the previous academic year.

§ 8

1. All academic teachers, in particular deans and vice-deans as well as employees of dean’s offices and people responsible for internships, are obliged to provide the FC for EQA with all materials necessary for proper performance of tasks referred to in § 5.

2. Chairpersons of the FC for EQA and the RC for EQA are responsible for their proper operation.

3. The Vice-Rector for Student Affairs and Education is responsible for proper operation of the University Survey Team.

§ 9

The following document hereby become ineffective:

1. Resolution No. 96/2012 of the Senate of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of June 22, 2012 on the operation of the University Education Quality Assurance System at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences;

2. § 6 of the Resolution No. 36/2004 of the Senate of the Agricultural University in Wrocław of December 23, 2004 (as amended) on the University Education Quality Assessment System;

3. Order No. 145/2017 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of September 25, 2017;

4. Order No. 196/2017 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of December 29, 2017;

5. Order No. 61/2018 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of May 14, 2018;

6. Order No. 117/2018 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of September 27, 2018;

7. Order No. 7/2019 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of January 17, 2019;

8. Order No. 48/2020 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of February 11, 2020;

9. Order No. 203/2020 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of July 10, 2020.

§ 10

The Order becomes effective on the day of its signature.

Rector
Professor Jarosław Bosy, PhD, Eng.