APQN Members
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences)
Membership Type: Institutional
Email: info@imsciences.edu.pk
Year in which Organisation/Agency commenced operations: 2002
Countries/regions/states of operation: Pakistan
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Title: Dr.
First Name: Muhammad
Surname: Mohsin
Job Title: Director
Phone: +92-92-5861024-5, +92-91-9217451-2
Fax: +92-91-9217407
Email Id: director@imsciences.edu.pk
Nominated Contact Person (if different from CEO)
First Name: Basharat
Surname: Hameed
Job Title: Coordinator QEC (Acting)
Email Id: qec@imsciences.edu.pk
Organisation Details
Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences)
Address: 1A, Sector E5, Phase 7, Hayatabad, Peshawar
Postal Code: 25100
Postal Code: 25100
Pakistan
Website: www.imsciences.edu.pk
Additional Contacts
Criteria Requirements for Full Member
1 Criterion: Nature of the operations of the agency:
Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary
education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies
Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary
education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
2 Criterion: Mission statement and objectives:
Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency
Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
3 Criterion: Agency staff, Numbers, Profile, Roles:
Measure: The profile of the staff is consistent with the Mission Statement
Measure: The profile of the staff is consistent with the Mission Statement
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
4 Criterion: Profile of reviewers:
Measure: The profile of the reviewers is consistent with the Mission Statement
Measure: The profile of the reviewers is consistent with the Mission Statement
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
5 Criterion: Independence:
Measure: The judgements and recommendations of the agency’s reports cannot be changed by third parties
Measure: The judgements and recommendations of the agency’s reports cannot be changed by third parties
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
6 Criterion: Resources:
Measure: The agency has sufficient resources to run its operations in accordance with its mission statement and objectives
Measure: The agency has sufficient resources to run its operations in accordance with its mission statement and objectives
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
7 Criterion: External quality assurance criteria and processes:
Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include:
self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure
Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include:
self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
8 Criterion: Quality assurance:
Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include:
self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure
Measure: The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include:
self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure
Description: Applicable Only For Full Members
Criteria Requirements for Institutional Member
Institutional Member Criteria:
Measure: Institutional Members are institutions of higher education in the region that are in good standing with the relevant quality assurance agency if one exists.
Measure: Institutional Members are institutions of higher education in the region that are in good standing with the relevant quality assurance agency if one exists.
Proof of recognition as a Higher Education Institution: Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) at Institute of Management Sciences
Introduction:
The Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan is a young, innovative, and enterprising business school. IMSciences was established in 1995 to encourage education based on research and training in the fields of business administration, management sciences, and related disciplines. In 1999 IMSciences was granted an autonomous status and later in 2002 became a statutory entity through the promulgation of the Institute of Management Sciences Ordinance 2002 by the Government of KPK.
IQA at IMSciences:
In January 2011 IMSciences upon the directives of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan (a regulatory body of the Government of Pakistan for higher education) established a quality enhancement cell (QEC) to initiate internal quality assurance (IQA) process. QEC at IMSciences is entrusted with the following mandate;
1. To promote public confidence that quality and standards of the award of degrees are enhanced and safeguarded.
2. To review quality standards of teaching and learning in each subject area.
3. Review academic affiliations with other institutions in terms of effective management of standards and quality of programs.
4. To define clear and explicit standards as points of reference to the reviews to be carried out.
5. To develop qualification framework by setting out the attributes and abilities that can be expected from the holder of a qualification i.e., Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral.
6. To develop program specifications. These are standard set of information clarifying what knowledge, understanding, skills and other attributes a student will have developed on successfully completing a specific program.
7. Develop Quality Assurance process and methods of evaluation to affirm that the quality of provision and the standard of awards are being maintained and to foster curriculum, subject and staff development.
8. To ensure that the universityâ??s Quality Assurance procedures are designed to fit in with the arrangements in place nationally for maintaining and improving the quality of Higher Education.
9. To develop procedures such as approval of new programs, annual monitoring of programs and faculty, student feedback, subject review and institutional assessment.
QEC at IMSciences is also in the process of acquiring associate membership of INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) wherein the associate membership fee has been sent in response to INQAAHE invoice no. 201130308 dated May 05, 2011
Self Assessment Process (SAP):
QEC at IMSciences has initiated the self assessment process (SAP) of all the academic programs offered by the institute. SAP is a cyclic process and each academic program shall undergo it on biennial basis. QEC at IMSciences plans, coordinates and follows up on the SAP. Following steps are undertaken in SAP;
a. QEC initiates SAP by informing the coordinating office of academic program.
b. Coordinating office of the academic program forms a program team (PT) which is responsible for preparing the self assessment report (SAR).
c. Coordinating office of the academic program submits SAR to QEC.
d. Director, IMSciences forms an assessment team (AT) on the recommendation of QEC for each academic program.
e. QEC plans and schedules the AT visit period in coordination with the academic program coordinating office.
f. AT conducts the assessment, submits a report and presents its findings in an exit meeting.
g. QEC submits an executive summary on the AT findings to the Director, IMSciences.
h. Academic program coordinating office prepares and submits an implementation plan to QEC based on the AT findings. The plan must include AT findings and the corrective actions to be taken, assignment of responsibility and a time frame for such actions.
i. QEC follows up on the implementation plan to ensure that coordinating offices are adhering to implementation plan. Coordinating offices inform QEC each time a corrective action is implemented. QEC reviews the implementation plan once a semester to assess the progress of implementation.
Introduction:
The Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan is a young, innovative, and enterprising business school. IMSciences was established in 1995 to encourage education based on research and training in the fields of business administration, management sciences, and related disciplines. In 1999 IMSciences was granted an autonomous status and later in 2002 became a statutory entity through the promulgation of the Institute of Management Sciences Ordinance 2002 by the Government of KPK.
IQA at IMSciences:
In January 2011 IMSciences upon the directives of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan (a regulatory body of the Government of Pakistan for higher education) established a quality enhancement cell (QEC) to initiate internal quality assurance (IQA) process. QEC at IMSciences is entrusted with the following mandate;
1. To promote public confidence that quality and standards of the award of degrees are enhanced and safeguarded.
2. To review quality standards of teaching and learning in each subject area.
3. Review academic affiliations with other institutions in terms of effective management of standards and quality of programs.
4. To define clear and explicit standards as points of reference to the reviews to be carried out.
5. To develop qualification framework by setting out the attributes and abilities that can be expected from the holder of a qualification i.e., Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral.
6. To develop program specifications. These are standard set of information clarifying what knowledge, understanding, skills and other attributes a student will have developed on successfully completing a specific program.
7. Develop Quality Assurance process and methods of evaluation to affirm that the quality of provision and the standard of awards are being maintained and to foster curriculum, subject and staff development.
8. To ensure that the universityâ??s Quality Assurance procedures are designed to fit in with the arrangements in place nationally for maintaining and improving the quality of Higher Education.
9. To develop procedures such as approval of new programs, annual monitoring of programs and faculty, student feedback, subject review and institutional assessment.
QEC at IMSciences is also in the process of acquiring associate membership of INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) wherein the associate membership fee has been sent in response to INQAAHE invoice no. 201130308 dated May 05, 2011
Self Assessment Process (SAP):
QEC at IMSciences has initiated the self assessment process (SAP) of all the academic programs offered by the institute. SAP is a cyclic process and each academic program shall undergo it on biennial basis. QEC at IMSciences plans, coordinates and follows up on the SAP. Following steps are undertaken in SAP;
a. QEC initiates SAP by informing the coordinating office of academic program.
b. Coordinating office of the academic program forms a program team (PT) which is responsible for preparing the self assessment report (SAR).
c. Coordinating office of the academic program submits SAR to QEC.
d. Director, IMSciences forms an assessment team (AT) on the recommendation of QEC for each academic program.
e. QEC plans and schedules the AT visit period in coordination with the academic program coordinating office.
f. AT conducts the assessment, submits a report and presents its findings in an exit meeting.
g. QEC submits an executive summary on the AT findings to the Director, IMSciences.
h. Academic program coordinating office prepares and submits an implementation plan to QEC based on the AT findings. The plan must include AT findings and the corrective actions to be taken, assignment of responsibility and a time frame for such actions.
i. QEC follows up on the implementation plan to ensure that coordinating offices are adhering to implementation plan. Coordinating offices inform QEC each time a corrective action is implemented. QEC reviews the implementation plan once a semester to assess the progress of implementation.
Documents Upload: Download 'HEC_Letter_for_Establishment_of_QEC_at_IMSciences.jpg'
Proof of the organisation’s good standing with the local QA agency: http://www.hec.gov.pk/OurInstitutes/Pages/Default.aspx
Criteria Requirements for Associate Member
Associate Member Criteria:
Measure:Associate Members are organisations with a major interest and active involvement in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education, but without the responsibility for assuring the quality of institutions, education programs, or external quality assurance agencies
Measure:Associate Members are organisations with a major interest and active involvement in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education, but without the responsibility for assuring the quality of institutions, education programs, or external quality assurance agencies
Applicable Only For Associate Members
Criteria Requirements for Intermediate Member
1 Criterion: Nature of the operations of the agency:
Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies
Measure: The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies
Description: Applicable Only For Intermediate Members
2 Criterion: Mission statement and objectives:
Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency
Measure: The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency
Applicable Only For Intermediate Members
3 Criterion: :
Proof of the organisation’s good standing with the local QA agency
Proof of the organisation’s good standing with the local QA agency
Applicable Only For Intermediate Members
Criteria Requirements for Observer
Criterion For Observers:
Measure: APQN accepts as Observers organisations outside the Asia-Pacific region, including: external quality assurance agencies; institutions with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education; other regional networks that have major interests in and strong links with the region
Measure: APQN accepts as Observers organisations outside the Asia-Pacific region, including: external quality assurance agencies; institutions with a major interest in evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance in higher education; other regional networks that have major interests in and strong links with the region
Criteria Requirements for Observer: Applicable Only For Observers
Documentation and Fees
Additional Information: No additional information is required for my application
Upon approval of my application I agree to pay:
- $500 (Initial Joining Fee: Full Member, Intermediate Member, Associate Member)
- $200 Member Fee: Institutional Member
I will be applying for support for: None
Documents Submitted
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