Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	65.54
Liaison	Maria Ayala
Submission Date	Jan. 3, 2022

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Universidad San Francisco de Quito - USFQ
EN-13: Community Service

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	3.31 / 5.00	Maria Jose Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and Sustainability Office

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Part 1. Percentage of students participating in community service

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 1 of this credit (student participation in community service)?:

Yes

Total number of students:

8,862

Number of students engaged in community service:

2,219

Percentage of students engaged in community service:

25.04

Part 2. Community service hours per student

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (community service hours)?:

Yes

Total number of student community service hours contributed annually:

183,129

Number of annual community service hours contributed per student:

20.66

Part 3. Employee community service program

Does the institution have a formal program to support employee volunteering during regular work hours?:

Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program to support employee volunteering:

Professors and administrative personnel can participate in the community outreach programs (Vinculación). Professors must comply with a minimum number of community outreach hours for their end of year evaluations.

Does the institution track the number of employee community service hours contributed through programs it sponsors?:

Yes

Total number of employee community service hours contributed annually through programs sponsored by the institution:

39,573

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s community service programs is available:

https://www.usfq.edu.ec/programas_academicos/pregrado/colegio_general/aprendizaje_servicio/Paginas/default.aspx

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

USFQ students are involved with the community in two main ways: a class directed to volunteerism (it is a 4 credit class) and community work through each academic department through community engagement (vinculación).
As for community work through academic departments, this involvement with the community includes all health clinics and its brigades (dental, health, veterinarian), law services, as well as data compilation for sustainable or health activities.

This credit is also a requirement by the Ecuadorian Higher education accreditation identity SENECYT.

Total number of students and service hours incorporate both programs.