Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.78
Liaison Bushra Al Jaberi
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Sharjah
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.71 / 8.00
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Part 1. Institutional sustainability learning outcomes

Has the institution adopted one or more sustainability learning outcomes that apply to the entire student body or, at minimum, to the institution's predominant student body?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the sustainability learning outcomes?:
Sustainability-supportive

A list of the institution level sustainability learning outcomes:
UoS requires all undergraduate students (the predominant student body) to study five compulsory courses (See Table 1, 1-General Education Requirements.docs in the additional supporting documents). It requires also that each student study three university electives to name some, Human Rights in Islam, Health Awareness and Nutrition, and Man and The Environment. (See Table 2). These courses aim to widen the student's knowledge and vision beyond his specialty such that the UoS graduates will be aware of challenges and ready to contribute to promoting humankind's lifestyle. As you can see, these courses cover a wide spectrum of topics that increase students’ awareness of environmental, social, economic, and health principles and challenges. Three years ago, the UoS had introduced a new course entitled Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship that is compulsory for all undergraduate students. These courses complement the specialized courses that students study in their majors. In addition, one of the UoS objectives is to contribute to the socio-cultural, scientific, and economic progress of society through social responsiveness and effective engagement. Recently, the UoS has released the updated KPIs which include sustainability as one of its main keys indicators.

Part 2. Program-level sustainability learning outcomes

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
7,294

Number of graduates from degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
2,470

A brief description of how the figure above was determined:
We have summarized the departments that offer sustainability-focused courses, we also got, with the help of the Quality Assurance, Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Deanship, the number of both enrolled and graduate students with an understanding of the concept of sustainability from these departments.

Please see the attached excel file (1-AC2_Focused_Departments) that lists the focused departments, the corresponding focused courses, and the number of enrolled and graduate students over the three academic years (2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20).

A list of degree programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
International Relations/Bachelor
Architectural Engineering/Bachelor
Civil Engineering/Bachelor
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management/Bachelor
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering/Bachelor
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering/Bachelor
Engineering Management/ Graduate Level
Environmental Health Sciences/Bachelor
Public Law/Bachelor
Applied Design/Bachelor
Biotechnology/Bachelor

Documentation supporting the figure reported above (upload):
1-_AC2_Focused_Departments.xlsx

Do the figures reported above cover one, two, or three academic years?:
Three

Percentage of students who graduate from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability:
33.86

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the sustainability learning outcomes is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
1-General_Education_Requirements.docs.docx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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