self evaluation report - Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agricole şi Medicină ...

1. INTRODUCTION
The international institutional evaluation process of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary
Medicine Cluj-Napoca conducted by the European University Association (EUA) is taking place within the
context of major reforms in the Romanian higher education system, and specifically in accordance with the
provisions of the new Law on Education that came into force in January 2011. The law requires that the
national university classification exercise be followed by the institutional evaluation of all universities, carried
out by an international agency. The European University Association (EUA) has been selected by the Romanian
authorities to carry out this task.
The university’s representatives attended the workshop for universities organized in Bucharest on the 10 th of
January 2012 by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
(UEFISCDI) and the European University Association (EUA). On the 26 th of January 2012, the University’s
Senate was informed on the international institutional evaluation process and about the requirements
presented in the “Guidelines for institutions – Institutional Evaluation Program: Performance in Research,
Performance in Teaching – Quality, Diversity, and Innovation in Romanian Universities Project - the January
2012 version”, issued by the European University Association (EUA) through its Institutional Evaluation
Program (IEP) which is on the European Register of Quality Agencies (EQAR).
To ensure the success of the self-evaluation process, on the 7 th of February 2012 the University’s
Administration Council nominated the University’s Self-evaluation group appointed to coordinate the selfevaluation
process and to provide the University’s Self-evaluation report in accordance to the IEP Guidelines.
The members of the University’s Self-evaluation group (SEG) are as follows:
� Mrs. Carmen SOCACIU, Professor – Vice rector for Research – Chairperson of SEG;
� Mr. Ioan ROTAR, Professor – Vice rector for Academic;
� Mr. Augustin VLAIC, Professor– Vice rector for Institutional Development;
� Mr. Adrian OROS, Lecturer – Vice rector for Social and Students activities
� Mrs. Ioana POP, Lecturer – Vice rector for Quality and Human Resources;
� Mr. Andrei MIHALCA, Lecturer – Vice rector for International Relations;
� Mrs. Roxana VIDICAN, Professor – Dean of the Agriculture Faculty;
� Mr. Radu SESTRAŞ, Professor – Dean of the Horticulture Faculty;
� - Mrs. Vioara MIREŞAN, Professor – Dean of the Animal Science and Biotechnology Faculty;
� Mr. Cornel CĂTOI, Professor – Dean of the Veterinary Medicine Faculty;
� Mr. Doru SABĂU, Eng. Ph D – Head of the Research Department – Secretary of SEG;
Aiming at a broad view of the University the SEG members represent the major constituencies of the
University, and are in a good position to judge the University’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats.
The present Self-Evaluation Report is the result of the process developed within the institution during
February – March 2012 by the Self-evaluation group (SEG) and under the responsibility of the Rector. The data
collection was performed by SEG in collaboration with all the institutional structures, secretary’s offices,
university administration, faculties, support departments and offices. The data were analyzed by SEG in a
transparent self-evaluation process, including consultation meetings (between February and March 2012) on
different topics and at different levels: faculty/chair management structures (for analyzing the academic
management and quality assurance/quality evaluation processes); students and academic staff
representatives (considering the educational and research departments), and the doctoral school. The
participants were invited to disseminate the information within the group members they represent and to
formulate the feedback for the discussion points. The collected inputs have allowed the final formulation of
the self-evaluation report. The institutional management strongly supported the whole self evaluation
process, by outlining the aim and the responsibility of SEG towards the entire university community, within
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