MANAMA: Applied Science University (ASU) has passed the Bahrain Quality Authority (BQA) Institutional Review and retained its ISO 9001:2015 certification for the provision of administrative support for its students.
ASU announced that by meeting all the requirements set in the BQA Institutional Review Framework, it joins an elite group of only five private universities in Bahrain who achieved both the Higher Education Council Institutional Accreditation and BQA Institutional Review.
The second achievement is passing the second surveillance audit for its quality management system, two years after the university first achieved the ISO 9001:2015 certification in 2018 and one year after it successfully passed its first surveillance audit.
Prof Waheeb Alkhaja, chairman of the board of trustees of ASU, congratulated all the academic and administrative staff stating that these achievements come in line with the strategic plan set by the university which focuses on achieving highest standards of quality for both its administrative provision and academic delivery.
ASU president Prof Ghassan Aouad also expressed satisfaction with this double success explaining that this is yet another proof of the university’s strong commitment and continued efforts to create a student-centric environment conducive to achieving excellence and outstanding performance by both staff and students, emphasising that ‘quality and student satisfaction remain at the heart of everything we do’.
ASU has also achieved the ISO 21001:2018 certification in the past academic year, making it the first university in Bahrain and the Gulf region to meet the requirements of this new international standard developed specifically to guide the quality management systems in educational institutions.
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