1) SELCUK UNIVERSITY RECEIVED YÖKAK INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE

Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) President Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar presented the YÖKAK Institutional Accreditation Certificate to Selçuk University Rector Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy at a ceremony.

Rector of Selcuk University Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy, at the certificate presentation ceremony held at Sultan Alparslan Cultural Center, thanked those who contributed to the awarding of the certificate and stated that he remembers the sacrifices, excitement and efforts in the process today. Prof. Dr. Aksoy stated that they are happy and excited to have earned this certificate for the Selcuk University family and said, "We are experiencing the honour and excitement of YÖKAK Institutional Accreditation Certificate. As the Selcuk University family, we have been striving for our University to be in a much better place since the moment we took over. We strive for the vision of managing the university at the level of Higher Education capacity, and at the same time, we strive to move it to the points it deserves by supporting projects through cooperation and consultation. This is of course not an easy thing. From time to time, the efforts put forward by our University are realized quickly for various reasons. Our goal is to create a Higher Education Institution that is strong, located in the centre of Anatolia on civilized ideals, raising the quality of education of Turkish children and at the same time striving for national - spiritual values. To present a university that is the science centre of Anatolia, a shining star in science and science. As Prof. Dr. Erol Güngör, who was the rector of our university, said, "This nation will rise as long as it attaches importance to science and science. We strive to continue that flag under the roof of our University. In this context, I would like to thank the Higher Education Quality Board Team and the Higher Education Quality Board committee in the person of Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar. I hope that the certificate will be the beginning of the certificates and greater awards that our University will receive in the future."

"WE WANT TO EVALUATE ALL OUR UNIVERSITIES"

Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar, President of the Higher Education Quality Board, stated that they started the YÖKAK Institutional Accreditation Program with 11 universities in 2020 and continued with 12 universities in 2021. Stating that they increased this number to 30 universities in 2022 within the scope of the program, Prof. Dr. Kar said, "Our Institutional Accreditation Program is currently our most important program. We conduct external evaluations for universities through our evaluation teams. After their field visit, they publish an institutional accreditation report based on our university's self-assessment report and its practices in the field. According to the report, we analyse the consistency within the institution and make a decision about accrediting the institution. In this context, we want to evaluate all higher education institutions in Turkey within the program until 2027. Institutions themselves need to have a strong, functioning quality assurance system based on a continuous improvement approach. We always say this: The owner of quality is the Higher Education Institution itself. What we do is to confirm the existence of that system from outside. We carry out our activities with this understanding."

"SU IS A LEADING UNIVERSITY IN QUALITY ASSURANCE EFFORTS"

Prof. Dr. Kar explained that accreditation has become widespread all over the world and in Turkey as a practice that expresses the existence of assurance. In this respect, Prof. Dr. Kar stated that it is very important for students to receive qualified education, have a good learning experience and experience in a social environment: "Making our graduates resilient with 21st century skills, being able to face future uncertainties more easily, graduating our students compatible with technology and according to the requirements of the information age are values ​​assistant is indispensable for quality assurance. Selcuk University is one of the leading universities in quality assurance studies. It was included in the Institutional External Evaluation Board in 2016 as a volunteer to the first call launched when the commission was established in 2015 by YÖKAK. In 2019, it was included in the monitoring program.

Finally, it was included in the Institutional Accreditation Program, which was applied on a voluntary basis, in 2021. These activities and efforts in the sense of quality assurance have crowned quality assurance by successfully exiting the latest Institutional Accreditation Program. I congratulate our Rector Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy and all academic, administrative staff and students for this success."

“WE ARE AWARE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES”

Selçuk University Vice Rector and Quality Board Coordinator Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tuğrul Polat said that SU was entitled to receive the YÖKAK Institutional Accreditation Certificate as a result of the Institutional Accreditation Program, which was initiated in December 2021 and completed in February 2022. Prof. Dr. Polat thanked Rector Prof. Dr. Metin Aksoy, the University Quality Committee, all academic and administrative staff and students for this success and said, "We would like to thank our public institutions and organizations and private sector representatives who did not leave us alone during the process. Today, we have successfully completed the Institutional Accreditation Program and earned the right to be accredited. We know our strengths. We will protect and further develop them. We are aware that we have areas open to improvement. In the process, we will realize our improvements towards them and strengthen these aspects even more. On this occasion, we would like to thank the Higher Education Quality Board and our esteemed President Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar for guiding and supporting us to strengthen the quality assurance system at our University. I wish that our Institutional Accreditation Certificate will be beneficial to our University and higher education system."

The ceremony was attended by Abdullah Gündüz, Chief Public Prosecutor of the Regional Court of Justice, Prof. Dr. Osman Nuri Çelik, Rector of Konya Technical University, Prof. Dr. Emrullah Eken, Vice Rector of Selçuk University, Prof. Dr. Kamil Beşoluk, Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çufalı, Vice President of YÖKAK, Remzi Karaaslan, Provincial President of MHP, Mustafa Çolak, Expert from YÖKAK and faculty members.

The certificate awarded to Selçuk University within the scope of the 2021 Institutional Accreditation Program carried out by YÖKAK will be valid for 2 years.

The Institutional Accreditation Program is stated as an external evaluation method that enables the evaluation of quality assurance, education-training, research and development, social contribution and management system processes in higher education institutions within the framework of the "planning, implementing, controlling and taking measures" cycle.