The Academic Accreditation Council receives the programmatic accreditation request for one of the Saba University programs

Sana'a - Sheba:

Today, the Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance Council received Sheba University's request to assess the readiness of the university's Dentistry program for national programmatic accreditation.

In the delivery event, with presence of the Minister of Higher Education Hussein Hazeb, the President of the Academic Accreditation Council, Dr. Ahmed Al-Haboub, and the President of the University, Dr. Amr Al-Najjar, signed an agreement to submit a written application signed and certified by the university’s legally authorized official to the Academic Accreditation Council regarding the assessment of the readiness of the Dentistry program for national programmatic accreditation “in preparation for application to obtain international accreditation.

The agreement includes verifying the integrity of the program’s self-evaluation procedures and submitting the evaluation study of the program in accordance with the document and manual of standards for programmatic accreditation and relevant forms issued by the Academic Accreditation Council, and obligating the university to provide the Council with its internal quality system manual according to the Quality Systems Preparation Manual issued by the Council.

The Minister of Higher Education acknowledged Sheba University's announcement of its readiness to apply for national programmatic accreditation, as the first Yemeni university to complete the procedures required to obtain national accreditation and to be evaluated by the Academic Accreditation Council.

He noted the steps taken by the university and the dentistry program in fulfilling the commitments of self-evaluation, providing infrastructure and qualified cadres, and joining the competition of excellence and creativity to advance academic education and improve the quality of outputs.

He stressed the Ministry's keenness to support the efforts of universities wishing to obtain national programmatic accreditation in preparation for obtaining international credit. He clarified that the ministry will not open the door for admission and registration during the next academic year in medical disciplines in universities that have not yet submitted to the Academic Accreditation Council to obtain national programmatic accreditation.

While the Chairman of the Academic Accreditation Council, Dr. Al-Haboub, and the Secretary-General of the Council, Dr. Mohammad Daifallah, indicated that the outputs of medical programs in Yemeni universities will not be recognized unless they are accredited by the Council in accordance with international standards.

They emphasized that accrediting the dentistry program at Sheba University depends on verifying its readiness for evaluation and its commitment to academic and administrative standards, infrastructure, equipment and laboratories.

From his side, the President of Sheba University confirmed the readiness of the dentistry program to apply for national programmatic accreditation, as a step to apply for international accreditation.

Sheba University president also reviewed the achievements made by the university in various academic programs, especially the dentistry program in terms of laboratories, equipment, infrastructure, and academic and administrative staff.