President of Umm Al-Qura University Dr. Bakri bin M'atooq bin Bakri Assas met at his office at the university campus in Abdyia with the delegation of the German Accreditation Agency ASIIN for the International Academic Accreditation. Present in the meeting were the UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani bin Osman Ghazi, UQU Vice President for Educational Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Aziz bin Rashad Al-Sorouji, UQU Vice President for Branches Dr. Abdul-Majeed Al-Ghamdi, Dean of University Development and Quality  Dr. Mohamed Jaafar Thabit, Dean of Applied Sciences College Dr. Waleed Altaf, Deans of Supportive Deanships, College Vice Deans and Heads of the Departments. The meeting was designed to discuss requirements of academic accreditation for the departments of chemistry and biology in the College of Applied Sciences.       

At the commencement of the meeting, Dr. Assas welcomed the members of the delegation and wished them success in following up accreditation works and requirements of the departments of chemistry and biology in the College of Applied Sciences and reviewed the university's colleges, institutes, and research centers in different  academic and research fields. He praised the support offered and still to the university by the wise leadership to help the university being placed within the list of the leading universities globally. He underscored the importance of this visit to come out with several recommendations serving the academic system including granting the college of Applied Sciences the certificate of the International Academic Accreditation. 

For his part, the UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani Ghazi expressed his happiness and satisfaction  for the highly-praised level the College of Applied Sciences has achieved. He went on lauding the efforts made by the college's dean, vice deans, faculty members, employees and students and the efforts they exert  to achieve development and obtain such International Academic Accreditation.

He further explained that the UQU Vice Presidency seeks to harness the support provided by the UQU President Dr. Bakri Assas in making all the university colleges receive the academic accreditation." We are not looking only to achieve the academic accreditation but to maintain quality of the programs provided by the university", he expounded.

Within the same context, the Dean of University Development and Quality, Dr. Mohamed Thabit said receiving  the accreditation certificate  by the College of Applied Sciences comes within the ambitious plan set by the University Vice Presidency for Development and Entrepreneurship and the  Deanship of University Development and Quality to have all the programs of the university obtaining the academic accreditation. He also noted that the German team visit is to last for two days. It is to focus on inspecting all the facilities of the departments of chemistry and biology and their equipment. Similarly, the team is to hold meeting with the college's leadership, academic staff members and students, as well as what has been mentioned in the self-study reports in terms of data related to the college. Afterwards, the accreditation decision will be taken by the Board of Directors of the German Accreditation Agency. 

After that, a long session was held  led by the UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani Ghazi to discuss requirements of standards of academic accreditation for the departments of chemistry and biology in the college of Applied Sciences and respond to the inquiries of the German Accreditation Agency ASIIN in the presence of UQU team.