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Departmental Quality Assurance is part of the more comprehensive University Quality Assurance system. The Department has full responsibility for both Education, Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities. For this reason, the Accreditation of the Universities, in addition to the QA of Degree Courses, for which the Departments are primarily responsible, drafting and approving their curricula and didactic regulations, and arranging for the coverage of training activities, also provides for the QA of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities.

The processes for QA of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities define the responsibilities and operational methods by which the Department pursues, carries out and monitors the Quality of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact. Responsibility for Research and Third Mission Quality rests with the Director, who operates within an organizational structure defined in the Department Regulations.

Regarding QA processes, the Department has the following tasks:

  • Drawing up the Department's Three-Year Plan, with the definition of Training, Research and Third Mission/Social Impact objectives to be pursued, and with the related identification and implementation of the actions that make it possible to achieve them as well as the necessary resources. The Department shares strategic objectives defined at the University level and adopts any specific objectives consistent with its scientific and cultural vocations. 
  • Establish transparent criteria for the distribution of resources, understood as human, economic and infrastructural resources. 
  • Carry out monitoring of activities and verify the actual degree of achievement of the objectives themselves, preparing an annual Monitoring Report.
  • Carry out a self-assessment of how Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities are implemented and the results achieved compared to those expected. Contextually identify strengths and areas for improvement and provide for possible corrective actions. The review activity is documented in an Annual Report.