Evaluation Unit Audit

Evaluation Unit Audit

In accordance with Article 7 of Ministerial Decree No. 1154/2021 of 14 October 2021 and as established in the “Guidelines for the university quality assurance system – Periodic Accreditation of universities and their study programmes”, the Evaluation Unit is responsible for assessing the functioning of study programmes and Departments through the analysis of results, resorting, where appropriate and necessary, to hearings, and verifying the implementation in the Study Programmes and Departments of the recommendations and conditions formulated by the CEV during external visits.

The Evaluation Unit, reconstituted on July 11, 2022, has discussed and planned, through a specific operational plan, audits of Departments and a selection of the University’s Study programmes, considering them as fundamental tools to evaluate the QA system in order to provide indications and support to both the University and ANVUR.

The Department Audits at the University have been scheduled in the following sequence:

– Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)

– Department of Humanities, Communication and Tourism (DISUCOM)

– Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB)

– Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization (DEIM)

– Department of Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forestry Systems (DIBAF)

– Department of Linguistic and Literary, Historical, Philosophical and Legal Studies (DISTU)

The Evaluation Unit’s Working Group responsible for the audit consists of 4 members, including a student representative.

This audit cycle involves the assessment of Department, Study Programmes and PhD Programmes requirements according to the AVA 3 Model. For Departments, the E.DIP area, its related Points of Attention (E.DIP.1 – E.DIP.4) and Aspect to be considered and the minimum set of Department Indicators (as per Ministerial Decree 1154/2021) have been considered. For Study Programmes, the D.CDS area, its related Points of Attention (D.CDS.1 – D.CDS.4) and Aspect to be considered (AdC), and the minimum set of Study Programmes indicators (iC02, iC13, iC14, iC16BIS, iC17, iC19, iC22, iC27, iC28) have been taken into account. For PhD Programmes, the D.PHD area, its related Points of Attention (PdA D.PHD.1 – D.PHD.3) and the minimum set of PhD Programmes indicators (D.M. 1154/2021).

The audit activity of the Evaluation Unit at the University of Tuscia is divided into three phases: a remote examination of the documentation made available, an on-site visit, and finally, the drafting of a summary report, based on the assessments reported in specific evaluation forms, with an indication of the strengths and areas for improvement of each Points of Attention and considerations on each sub-area.

The following are the final audit reports for Departments and Degree Programs, conducted by the Evaluation Unit established on July 11, 2022 (Rectoral Decree no. 351/22):