General Directorate of Planning, Development, and Quality Assurance Mission:

Promoting DAU’s leadership and excellence through strategic planning, the optimal application of quality assurance standards, and performance assessment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Developing and updating periodically the university’s organizational structure to support its institutional excellence.
2. Preparing the university’s strategic plan, monitoring its implementation, measuring its performance, and developing it, in line with the university’s vision and in response to local and global changes.
3. Supervising the preparation of strategic plans for colleges, programs, deanships, and departments, as well as the annual operational plans for academic programs.
4. Preparing and implementing the accreditation plans which aimed at obtaining local and international accreditations for the university and its programs and renewing them periodically.
5. Providing consultations, supporting, and training to all university units concerning the achievement of quality requirements, local and international academic accreditation.
6. Monitoring the implementation of the institutional accreditation requirements, national program accreditations, and developing improvement plans to enhance performance in accordance with ETEC-NCAAA standards.
7. Preparation and implementation of a plan to develop and enhance the quality of higher education outcomes.
8. Preparation of the annual report for the university.
9. Preparation of studies and reports aimed at improving the institutional effectiveness and supporting decision-making processes at the university.
10. Analyzing the results of periodically distributed surveys, preparing reports on the results, and proposing improvement plans based on them.
11. Developing and improving the academic and professional capabilities for the faculty members, and the administrative staff.