University Quality Assurance Presidium (PQA)

The University Quality Assurance Presidium (PQA) is the operational engine of the Quality Assurance System; it oversees Quality Assurance procedures according to the Governance guidelines.

It collaborates closely with the Evaluation Board, the Teaching and Research Committees, the Research Observatory, and the Joint Student-Faculty Committees at the Department, School, and Degree Programme levels to achieve quality objectives.

Assuring Quality at the University Bodies and Key Players Documents, Guidelines, and Tools Statute and regulations

Functions

The Quality Assurance Presidium carries out the following functions:

guides and supports the University Quality Assurance policies and the related objectives for teaching, Research, and Knowledge Enhancement;
promotes a culture of shared quality and organises, in collaboration with the University Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), information/training activities for personnel involved in various capacities in Quality Assurance processes;
plans, oversees, and monitors Quality Assurance processes, promoting continuous improvement in collaboration with Departments, Schools, Degree Programmes, and Ph.D. programmes according to ANVUR-AVA directives;
conducts internal audits and verifies the contents of documents required by ANVUR-AVA;
collaborates with teaching and research structures to promote and monitor quality, ensuring the integrity and transparency of procedures while supporting the organisation of Quality;
supervisions the management of information and document flows related to Quality, including those to and from Governing Bodies, the Evaluation Board, Joint Student-Faculty Committees, Departments, Schools, Degree Programmes, and Ph.D. programmes;
reports to the Governing Bodies on the implementation status of Quality Assurance processes, the results achieved, and the initiatives to be undertaken.