Detailed criteria of institutional evaluation
1. Compliance of the Unit’s activities with the mission and development strategy of the
Higher Education Institution
1.1 The Unit analyses its role and position in the education market and socio-economic
environment and uses this knowledge to define its strategic objectives and priorities.
1.2 The Unit has developed and pursues a policy for quality assurance of education which is
aligned with the mission and development strategy of the Institution, and which encourages
improvement in the education process in all types of programmes at all levels of study.
1.3 The Unit monitors the implementation of the strategy with a view to ensuring effective use
of the research, educational and material potential so as to amplify achievements as part of
the strategic objectives set.
1.4 The Unit conducts scientific research in the fields of science / fine arts related to the field(s)
of study of academically-oriented first- and second-cycle programmes and / or in the fields
of science / fine arts and scientific / artistic disciplines where it provides doctoral programmes,
and takes into consideration findings from such research in the education process at all levels
of study.
2. Functioning and enhancement of the internal system for quality assurance of education
2.1. The Unit has in place a coherent set of internal regulations for the functioning and
enhancement of the internal system for quality assurance of education. The regulations are
aligned with the Unit’s strategy and quality assurance policy and national legislation, and
determine:
2.1.1. the scope and objectives of the internal quality assurance system;
2.1.2. a transparent organisational structure and allocation of responsibilities and powers;
2.1.3. the involvement of external and internal stakeholders in quality assurance of education;
2.1.4. key processes in the area of education, and procedures and tools for monitoring,
assessing and enhancing the quality of education and of the quality assurance system.
2.2. Internal procedures for quality assurance of education are comprehensive, prevent pathologies
and enable the Unit to monitor, assess and enhance the quality of the processes identified, in
particular with regard to:
2.2.1. the development, approval and periodic review of programmes, and the monitoring of
the attainment of intended learning outcomes in first-, second- and third-cycle
programmes and non-degree postgraduate programmes;
2.2.2. the involvement of employers and labour market representatives in the definition and
assessment of learning outcomes;
2.2.3. the admission of students and learners, the assessment of progress made by students,
doctoral students and learners following non-degree postgraduate programmes, and the
use of findings from the monitoring of graduates’ careers to assess the relevance of
learning outcomes for the labour market, and the principles of, and conditions and
procedures for, validating learning outcomes achieved outside the academic study
system;
2.2.4. staff teaching classes and supporting the education process, and the human resources
policy pursued;
2.2.5. material resources, including teaching / learning and research facilities, and measures
for supporting students and doctoral students;
2.2.6. the management of information related to the education process, i.e. methods of
gathering, analysing and using relevant information in quality assurance of education;
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2.2.7. public access to up-to-date and impartially presented information on curricula, intended
learning outcomes, and organisational arrangements for study and study programmes.
2.3. The Unit systematically assesses the effectiveness of its internal quality assurance system and
uses findings from the assessment to improve its quality assurance policy and build a quality
culture.
3. Effectiveness of the human resources policy pursued by the Unit
3.1. Human resources of the Unit are adequate for the needs resulting from its research,
educational and organisational activities, and the human resources policy it pursues enables
effective use of the potential of its research and teaching staff, the development of their
competence and the recruitment of new staff.
4. Ensuring the development of teaching / learning and research facilities in line with the
development strategy of the Unit
4.1. The teaching / learning and research infrastructure of the Unit is adequate for the needs
resulting from its research activities and ensures the achievement of intended learning
outcomes in all types of programmes and intended outcomes of its research activity.
4.2. The Unit ensures the achievement of strategic objectives relating to the development of its
teaching / learning and research facilities, while taking into consideration the needs resulting
from its educational and scientific / artistic activities and conditions necessary for students to
achieve intended learning outcomes.
5. Cooperation with the socio-economic environment, cooperation with academic and
research institutions in the country and abroad
5.1 The Unit cooperates with Polish and international academic and research institutions and
institutions in its socio-economic environment, and participates in in-country and international
exchanges of students, doctoral students and academic staff, with a view to achieving its strategic
objectives.
5.2 The Unit seeks to internationalise its education process through, among other things, the mobility
of students, doctoral students and academic staff, programmes delivered and classes taught in
foreign languages, and the offering to international students.
6. Functioning of the support system for students and doctoral students
6.1. The Unit provides research-related, learning and financial support to its students and doctoral
students in the process of attaining learning outcomes and developing their research, artistic
and sports activity.
6.1.1. The Unit has implemented a student-centred system of research-related, learning and
financial support for its students and doctoral students which takes into consideration
the needs of disabled people.
6.1.2. The Unit has implemented an effective and transparent system for considering
complaints and resolving conflicts.
6.1.3. The Unit supports the activities of, and collaborates with, self-governance bodies and
other organisations of students and doctoral students, with a view to pursing its
strategy; the Unit undertakes activities aimed at ensuring active involvement of
students and doctoral students in the work of its collective governing bodies, statutory
and ad-hoc committees, in particular those whose remit includes the management of
the education process, quality assurance and enhancement, and research-related,
learning and financial support.
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7. Quality of doctoral programmes
7.1. The Unit has developed (a) curriculum/a for its doctoral programme(s) which ensure(s) the
achievement of learning outcomes relevant to the area of knowledge, field of science / fine
arts and scientific / artistic discipline that the programme(s) is (are) related to.
7.2. The Unit provides conditions for doctoral students to conduct independent research, also
outside of the unit offering the programme(s) concerned.
7.3. The Unit applies ECTS where the number of credits corresponds to the doctoral student’s
workload required to achieve intended learning outcomes.
7.4. The Unit applies in its doctoral programme(s) a credible, reliable and transparent system to
assess the extent to which stated objectives and intended learning outcomes have been
achieved.
8. Quality of non-degree postgraduate programmes
8.1 The Unit enables learners following non-degree postgraduate programmes to achieve learning
outcomes which comply with the requirements of professional organisations and employers and
which enable them to acquire qualifications for practising a profession or new skills necessary on
the labour market.
8.2 The Unit applies in its non-degree postgraduate programmes a credible, reliable and transparent
system to assess the extent to which stated objectives and intended learning outcomes have been
achieved.
8.3 Internal and external stakeholders participate in the process of defining learning outcomes and in
the verification and assessment of achieved learning outcomes.
8.4 The Unit applies ECTS where the number of credits corresponds to the learner’s workload required
to achieve intended learning outcomes.
In its institutional evaluation, the Committee also takes into consideration:
 outcomes of programme evaluations;
 outcomes of comprehensive evaluations of the quality of research and research-and-development
activities of the Unit, referred to in the national regulations on the rules of financing research;
 accreditations and certificates obtained as a result of evaluations carried out at the Unit by
international and national sectoral committees conducting evaluations in selected academic areas
and by accreditation agencies registered in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher
Education (EQAR) and agencies with which the Polish Accreditation Committee has concluded
agreements on the recognition of accreditation-related evaluations.
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