Teaching and Learning Policy

All education policies

1. Purpose

To set a consistent, student-centred framework for teaching, learning and the credit-hour system across all faculties, so that every programme delivers clearly defined learning outcomes to a high standard.

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

Credit hour

A unit of study representing one taught lecture hour (or the equivalent in practical/clinical work) per week across a semester.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

The knowledge, skills and competencies a student is expected to demonstrate on completing a course or programme.

4. Policy statement

• Education at the University is organised under the credit-hour system approved for its programmes, with every course carrying defined intended learning outcomes (ILOs) aligned to national academic reference standards.
• Teaching is student-centred and outcomes-based, combining lectures, laboratory and clinical practice, project and field work, and digital learning, and is delivered by qualified academic staff.
• The medium of instruction is English across programmes, with Arabic used where the discipline or regulator requires it, and reasonable academic support is provided to help every admitted student succeed.
• Teaching quality is reviewed every year through student feedback, peer review and course reports, and acted upon.

5. Procedures

1. Each course has a published specification stating its ILOs, contents, teaching methods, assessment, credit hours and references, approved by the department and faculty council.
2. Course and programme reports are prepared at the end of each semester, reviewed by the faculty Quality Assurance Unit, and used to improve delivery the following year.
3. Students complete an anonymous course-evaluation survey each semester; results feed into staff development and course improvement.
4. Academic staff access continuing professional-development on teaching methods, assessment design and digital learning through the Faculty and Leadership Development (FLDC) function.

6. Roles and responsibilities

• Vice-President for Education and Students — owns the policy and the University's teaching framework.
• Faculty Vice-Deans for Education — assure delivery and the credit-hour system within each faculty.
• Quality Assurance Units — monitor course specifications, reports and student feedback.

7. Related policies

• Curriculum Design, Approval and Periodic Review Policy
• Assessment, Examinations and Grading Policy
• Quality Assurance and Accreditation Policy

8. Legal and cultural alignment

Framed within Egypt's Private Universities Law (Law 23/1992 and its amendments), the credit-hour bylaws approved by the Supreme Council of Private and National Universities, and the academic reference standards of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE). It reflects FUE's core value of excellence in education and its international programme accreditations (ABET, ACPE).

9. The policy in practice

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

Academic year 2021/2022

• May 2022 — the University applied it through petroleum-engineering field training at Qarun Petroleum.

Academic year 2022/2023

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

Academic year 2024/2025

• February 2025 — the University applied it through becoming the first university in Egypt to implement the ACCA Accelerate Program.

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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