Curriculum Design, Approval and Periodic Review Policy

All education policies

1. Purpose

To govern how programmes and courses are designed, approved, kept current and periodically reviewed, so that curricula remain rigorous, relevant to the labour market, and aligned to national and international standards.

2. Scope

This policy applies across Future University in Egypt — all faculties, the Dental Hospital, the training Pharmaceutical Factory, student housing and administrative units — and to students, faculty, staff and, where stated, contractors and suppliers.

3. Definitions

Programme specification

A formal document describing a programme's aims, outcomes, structure, courses and assessment.

External examiner / reviewer

An independent subject expert who reviews standards and curriculum relevance.

4. Policy statement

• Every programme has a published specification mapped to national academic reference standards and, where applicable, to international accreditation criteria.
• New programmes and major changes are approved through department, faculty council and University Council, and submitted to the competent authorities before they are offered.
• Curricula embed employability, ethics, digital skills and the Sustainable Development Goals, and are informed by employers, external examiners and alumni.
• Each programme is comprehensively reviewed on a defined cycle and updated between cycles where evidence requires.

5. Procedures

1. Programme teams prepare or update specifications and course maps, demonstrating coverage of the reference standards and graduate attributes.
2. Advisory boards of employers and external experts review curricula for relevance and give documented recommendations.
3. Proposals pass department → faculty council → University Council, then to the Supreme Council of Private and National Universities for the required approvals.
4. A periodic programme review every five years (or earlier where needed) evaluates outcomes, benchmarks against comparators, and produces an improvement plan.

6. Roles and responsibilities

• Vice-President for Education and Students — owns curriculum governance.
• Faculty councils — approve programme and course designs within their remit.
• Advisory boards — provide external, labour-market input to curricula.

7. Related policies

• Teaching and Learning Policy
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation Policy
• Stakeholder Engagement and Participatory Governance Policy

8. Legal and cultural alignment

Aligned with NAQAAE institutional and programme accreditation requirements and the approvals of the Supreme Council of Private and National Universities under Law 23/1992. International partnerships (Case Western Reserve, University College Cork, University of Cincinnati) and accreditations (ABET, ACPE) inform curriculum benchmarking.

9. The policy in practice

The University applies this policy in its day-to-day work. Examples, by academic year, include:

Academic year 2020/2021

• September 2020 — the University applied it through a Memorandum of Understanding with the 57357 Children's Cancer Hospital.

Academic year 2021/2022

• 2021 — the University applied it through the publication of its annual sustainability report.

Academic year 2022/2023

• October 2022 — the University applied it through a cooperation protocol with SAP for digital-skills training.

Academic year 2023/2024

• August 2024 — the University applied it through ROGE 2024 on restructuring the global economy and promoting sustainability.

Academic year 2024/2025

• February 2025 — the University applied it through the Erasmus+ UPTAKERS project on extended-reality (XR) innovation.

Academic year 2025/2026

• September 2025 — the University applied it through the renewal of its strategic partnership with University College Cork in the presence of the Minister of Higher Education.

Academic year 2026/2027

• October 2026 — the University applied it through the renewal of NAQAAE accreditation for its Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine.

Together these show the policy at work across the University’s teaching, research and community life.

10. Monitoring and review

Reviewed at least every three years, or sooner if Egyptian law, regulations of the Supreme Council of Universities, or THE/accreditation requirements change. The policy owner is responsible for monitoring how it is applied.

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