Quality | Faculty of Architecture

Mission-Vision

Mission

To graduate professionals who engage their imagination, apply creative thinking, bring forth innovations, possess the ability to provide leadership in design, and can practice their profession both individually and in teamwork
To educate individuals who compete at national and international levels and who can use knowledge and technology effectively
To train designers and creators who are talented, creative, equipped with critical thinking, and respectful of professional ethics
To cultivate responsible citizens with ecological sensitivity and social awareness
To train architects, interior architects, and industrial designers who have the qualifications to practice their professions on national and international platforms, who are able to establish interdisciplinary relations, research, adopt a scientific approach, follow innovations, and continuously improve themselves
To educate self-confident, field-specialized academicians who achieve success in national and international arenas

Vision

To become a leading institution recognized at the national and international level
To contribute at the highest level to science, art, and the environment
To raise public awareness on architecture and design in order to create healthy, planned, and environmentally respectful cities
To become a “science and art center” where significant national and international scientific studies and events are carried out
To hold a pioneering and effective position at the regional, national, and international level in education, research, and practice

To structure education and training, research and development (R&D), community contribution, and all administrative activities with a process-based approach, and to ensure the sustainability of these structures,

To plan, implement, monitor, and continuously improve not only the core academic functions—such as education, R&D, and community service—but also all administrative processes in line with the quality cycle,

To promote the adoption and institutional dissemination of a quality culture shaped by the contributions and participation of both internal and external stakeholders across all units,

To ensure the continuity of accreditation processes and integrate them with quality assurance systems,

To embrace a continuous improvement approach in order to enhance the effectiveness of quality processes, and to support these processes with information management systems,

To make stakeholder participation mechanisms an integral and sustainable component of quality processes.

Quality Commission

Duties of the Quality Commission

To ensure that academic and administrative services are systematically evaluated, quality standards are continuously improved, and all activities related to the accreditation process are carried out in a planned, coordinated, and effective manner in line with the University’s strategic plan and institutional objectives.

To contribute to the University’s Strategic Plan.

To ensure that the decisions taken by the Quality Commission are communicated to all departments, programs, and sub-units within the relevant unit; to support the effective implementation of these decisions and to systematically monitor the implementation results.

To supervise the conduct of internal and external evaluation processes within the calendar determined by the Quality Coordination Office; to manage the preparation process of the annual institutional evaluation report, which includes the results of institutional assessment and quality improvement activities.

To monitor the operation of the University’s quality assurance system within the relevant unit and to evaluate its effectiveness; to define performance indicators specific to the unit and, in line with the principles and procedures determined by the University Quality Commission, to plan and carry out the related activities accordingly.

To carry out other necessary work in accordance with the procedures and principles determined by the Quality Commission.

Faculty of Architecture