Doha, Qatar: Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (DI) has announced that seven of its academic programmes have obtained international accreditation from the Germany-based Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).
The seven programmes have applied for accreditation in three separate clusters, where the first was for the programmes of Philosophy, History, and Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography. The second included the Development Economics and Critical Security Studies programs, and the third cluster had the programmes of Social Work and Psychology (both Clinical and Social).
With this achievement, all DI programmes are now internationally accredited except for the Journalism programme, which is following a specific accreditation track through a specialised American Accreditation body, and the Human Rights programme as it was launched at DI only in 2020-2021.
In this context, Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, President of the DI, said that:” The accredited programmes have met all the required international quality standards, with some programmes exceeding the criteria requirements with exceptional results in areas like the objectives of the programme, its position in the educational market, the international orientation of the programme, the academic qualifications of faculty members, student diversity, partnership with other institutions, among other important standards”.
Dr El-Affendi added that the review meetings with the accreditors had positive participation from all involved at the DI, for which he expressed his appreciation to all students, alumni, teachers, administrative staff and stakeholders for their tremendous effort and constructive contributions to achieving such positive results. These results highlight collegiality the spirit excellence at DI and project the true spirit of dedication and devotion required for success and progress.
The president pointed out that the planned processes for international accreditation are now complete, but the journey of developing and strengthening the elements of quality assurance at the Institute will continue.
It is worth noting that the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation FIBAA is a recognized accreditation body for the Higher Education Sector, with a focus on Administration, Business Management, Law, Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics.
The accreditation process goes through steps of rigorous scrutiny and procedures to make sure that the programmes are compliant with the highest standards in the fields of education, research, administration and Students Care.
