SIGQ_UAb operational approaches according to the A3ES referrals structure:
| Referral 1 – Policy and quality purposes pursuance adoption |
| Referral 2 – Training offer design and approval |
| Referral 3 – Student-centered teaching, learning and evaluation |
| Referral 4 – Students admission, progression, recognition and certification |
| Referral 5 – Continuous monitoring and courses periodic review |
| Referral 6 – Research and development |
| Referral 7 – Inter-institutional cooperation with the community |
| Referral 8 – Internationalization |
| Referral 9 – Human Resources |
| Referral 10 – Material Resources and Services |
| Referral 11 – Information Management |
| Referral 12 – Public Information |
| Referral 13 – Cyclical nature of external quality assurance |
“In accordance with the legal framework for assessing higher education in Portugal, the object of the assessment is the quality of higher education institutions performance, by measuring the degree of fulfillment of their mission (…)“
A3ES, 2012. Manual para o Processo de Avaliação Institucional no Ensino Superior, Lisboa
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