Awareness Seminar On “International Ranking And Its Impact On HEI’s”
Department of Quality Assurance (DQA) strive to achieve the FUI vision i.e. “Foundation University Islamabad aspires to be the leading institution of higher learning and contributes towards the development of human resource through excellence in education, research and innovation” organized an awareness seminar on May 29th, 2023 on the “International Ranking and Its Impact on HEI’s”. DQA invited Dr. Awais Mehmood Kamboh, Director Quality Assurance and Engr. Usama Rashed, Assistant Director, QA and Rankings at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) as a resource person to conduct the seminar for the FUI Academic and Administrative Heads and for the faculty members of FUI.
The training was conducted in two sessions, in the First session, Dr. Awais Mehmood Kamboh, started with the introduction of most prominent Academic and Non-Academic International Rankings including Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE) and THE Impact Rankings. He provided insights about the rankings systems and explained how participation in international ranking systems can be beneficial or used as a benchmark tool by the management.
The second session was delivered by Engr. Usama Rashed, Assistant Director, QA and Rankings, wherein he compared the Methodologies, timelines and weightages in the international ranking agencies. He also explained the FUI strengths based on the methodologies and shared his experience regarding the challenges faced by NUST in rankings.
At the end of the seminar, Prof. Dr. Fazal Rahim – Dean Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, appreciated the efforts of DQA for organizing this vital awareness seminar and thanked the resource persons for visiting FUI and conducting informative sessions on International Rankings. Later, Dean Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences presented Souvenir to the Resource Persons. Ms. Asmat Parveen, Director Quality Assurance also thanked Resource Persons and the audience for their presence and active participation.
