Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego we Wrocławiu

Pursuant to Art. 23 sec. 1 and sec. 2 point 2 of the Act of 20 July 2018 – the Law on Higher Education and Science (Dz. U./Journal of Laws/ of 2021, item 478 as amended) and Art. 8, sec. 2 and sec. 3 point 2 and Art. 87 of the Statute of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences implemented by Resolution No. 56/2019 of the senate of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of 28 June 2019 as amended , it is hereby ordered as follows:

Art. 1

1. Organisational structure of the University Education Quality Assurance System, hereinafter referred to as UEQAS, at Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, consists of two levels:

1) The Rector's Committee for Education Quality Assurance, hereinafter referred to as RC for EQA,

2) Faculty Committees for Education Quality Assurance, hereinafter referred to as FC for EQA.

2. The Dean shall be responsible for the quality of education at the faculty.

3. The Education Quality assurance of doctoral students in the Doctoral School is regulated by separate regulations.

Art. 2

The University Education Quality Assurance System aims at

1) continuous monitoring and improvement of the quality of education provided during first and second cycle studies, long-cycle Master's studies, doctoral studies and postgraduate studies,

2) undertaking pro-quality activities in teaching by using the results of student questionnaires, research in alumni's careers, and employers' opinions on preparing alumni for professional work,

3) assessing the organisation and conditions of the implementation of the process of education by establishing adequate procedures,

4) assessing the degree of implementation of modern teaching methods,

5) monitoring student mobility as a part of national and international personal exchange programmes,

6) analysing the level of internationalisation of studies.

Art. 3

Functioning of University Education Quality Assurance System

1. The RC for EQA includes:

2) chairman

3) members:

a) academic teachers who are also chairmen of the FC for EQA,

b) the director of the Center for Student Affairs (CSA),

c) representatives of student government - 2 persons - chairman and member of the Board for  quality of education.

2. Persons referred to in section 1 point 1 and 2 (a), are academic teachers employed in a research and teaching staff or teaching staff as a professor or university professor. 

3. The FC for EQA includes:

1) the chairman, who is also a member of the RC for EQA,

2) members:

a) academic teachers employed in a research and teaching staff or teaching staff in the number of at least 2 persons for each field of study conducted,

b) representatives of students and doctoral - 2-3 persons,

c) representatives of the Dean's Office - 1 person,

d) representatives of the socio-economic environment - 1-2 persons.

4. Persons referred to in section 3 point 1 and 2 (a), are academic teachers employed in a research and teaching staff or teaching staff as a professor or university professor, and, in exceptional cases, as an assistant professor.

5. The function of a chairman of the FC for EQA or a memeber of the FC for  EQU cannot be combined with the functions of the dean and deputy dean as well as a member of curriculum councils of field or group of field of studies

6. The chairman of the RC for EQA may invite other persons with advisory vote to attend meetings of the Commission.

7. The Rector's Committee for Education Quality Assurance is appointed and dismissed by the Rector upon the proposal of the Vice-Rector for student affairs and education.

8. Faculty Committees for Education Quality Assurance is appointed and dismissed by the Rector upon the proposal of the Rector's Committee for  Education Quality Assurance Committees.

9. The term of the Rector's Committee for Education Quality Assurance is for a period of 4 years and commences on 1 September of the year that the term of Rector has begun.

10. The term of the Faculty Committees for Education Quality Assurance is for a period of 4 years and commences on 1 February of the year following the year when the term of Rector has begun.

11. In the period of appointment of the Rector's Committee for Education Quality Assurance in the year when the term of Rector has begun, till 31 January of the year following that year, the composition of the RC for EQA in terms of its members, may not comply with the requirement  referred to in 1 point 2 (a).

Art. 4

The tasks of the Rector's Committee for Education Quality Assurance:

1) assessing the implementation of the corrective actions recommended by the RC for EQA in the preceding academic year;

2) preparing and improving procedures concerning the teaching activity of the university and the improvement of the quality of education by:

a) searching for and using good models for faculty and university units,

b) proposing solutions and implementing them across the university;

3) analysing student mobility and improving methods supporting it at particular faculties and levels of studies on the basis of reports prepared by the Centre for Student Affairs (participation of students of particular faculties in national internships and apprenticeships) and by the International Relations Office (participation of students of particular faculties in international internships and apprenticeships);

4) presenting to the Rector a project of activities aimed at improving UEQAS, i.e:

a) preparing an annual report on the functioning of the educational quality assurance system in the preceding academic year at all faculties by the end of February of the following academic year,

b) preparing proposals for changes to improve the process of education and submitting it to the Rector.

5) presenting a report to the Senate of the University on the functioning of UEQAS not later than 31 March of the following academic year.

Art. 5

The tasks of Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance:

1) assessing the implementation of the corrective actions indicated in the field and faculty reports prepared by FC for EQA in the preceding academic year, on the basis of the report prepared by the Dean,

2) assessment of verification methods for learning outcomes covering 10% of the courses studied in first-cycle and long-cycle studies and 20% in second-cycle studies in a given academic year,

3) analysing reports of surveys at all levels of studies, reports of surveys of alumni (excluding their professional careers), class observation protocols and correctness of assigned ECTS credits for particular classes within the curriculum in each field and level of studies; survey templates are enclosed as Appendix No. 1 to this Order,

4)analysis of opinions of external stakeholders, including units where field internships are conducted (opinion of the internship supervisor from the provider), regarding the preparation of future alumni for professional work and the validity and correctness of the preparation of new curriculums,

5) carrying out assessment of the procedure of awarding graduation diplomas, including assessment of diploma theses, comprising 10% theses at first-cycle studies in a given field of study, not less than 5 theses, and 10% at second-cycle studies, not less than 3 theses,

6) assessment of the degree of implementation of modern teaching methods at first-cycle studies, second-cycle studies and long-cycle Master's studies,

7) assessment of doctoral studies conducted at the faculty in cooperation with the heads,

8) assessment of the postgraduate studies conducted at the faculty in cooperation with the heads,

9) assessment of curriculums for the cycle of education starting in the following academic year,

10) analysing reports of the Polish Accreditation Committee (PAC) in relation to the fields of study conducted at the faculty;

11) identification of corrective actions with taking into account individual fields of study and the entire faculty,

12) submitting the field reports and the faculty report to the Dean by 30 November and the faculty report, without appendices, to the Chairman of the RC for EQA by 15 December, report templates  are enclosed as Appendix No. 2 and No. 3 to this Order,

13) presentation of the Faculty Report at a meeting of staff and students of the faculty,

14) detailed operating principles of the Faculty Committee for Education Quality Assurance are presented in Appendix No. 4 to this Order.

Art. 6

1. Surveys on classes and people conducting the classes at first-cycle studies, second-cycle studies and long-cycle studies, as well as surveys on the work of the Dean's Office, access to and the timeliness of information and the University's infrastructure during the duration of such studies, as specified in Appendix No. 1 to this Order, are carried out by University Team for  Surveys, functioning on the basis of the regulations enclosed as Appendix No. 5 to this Order.

2. The Dean shall be responsible for conducting the alumnus survey described in Appendix No. 1.

3. The internship supervisor shall be responsible for conducting the survey of internships described in Appendix No. 1.

4. The Head of doctoral studies shall be responsible for conducting a survey of classes and people conducting the classes as well as a survey of alumni of doctoral studies, in accordance with the provisions of Appendix No. 1.

5. The Head of postgraduate studies shall be responsible for conducting a survey of classes at postgraduate studies, in accordance with the provisions of Appendix No. 1.

Art. 7

1. The Dean, by 31 October, submit a report to the FC for EQA on the implementation of the corrective actions recommended by the FC for EQA in the preceding academic year.

2. The Dean make the faculty report (without appendices) public on the faculty website within 30 days from its receipt.

Art. 8

1. Once the survey is completed, the best academic teachers at the university are selected, to whom the rector may award higher remuneration.

2. The principles for awarding the higher remuneration referred to in the section 1, is defined in the Regulations on the remuneration of employees of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences.

Art. 9

1. All academic staff, in particular, deans and vice-deans, as well as Dean's Office staff and persons responsible for the implementation of internships, are required to make public to the FC for EQA all materials necessary for the proper performance of its tasks referred to in Art. 5.

2. The chairmen shall be responsible for proper functioning of the RC for  EQA as well as the FC for EQA.

3. The Vice-Rector for student affairs and education shall be responsible for the proper functioning of the University Education Quality Assurance System .

Art. 10

The provisions of this Order relating to doctoral studies applies until 30 September 2022.

Art. 11

Order No. 434/2020 of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences of 31 December 2020 on the organisation and functioning of the University Education Quality Assurance System at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences becomes invalid.

Art. 12

This Agreement shall become effective on the date of signing.

Rector,

prof.  dr hab. inż. Jarosław Bosy