Accreditation for QU’s mass communication department

The Academic Council of the Association of Education of Journalism and Mass Communication (ACAEJMC) has awarded international accreditation status for Qatar University’s Communication Department of the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS).The council’s review committee visited the campus in January during which it assessed the curriculum and study plan.QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla al-Misnad congratulated the department on its achievement and said that the accreditation was an important achievement for the department, the college and the university as a whole, as part of QU’s continuing efforts towards accreditation for all its colleges, departments and programmes.Congratulating the department’s students, staff and faculty for success, CAS dean Dr Eiman Mustafawi said: “The mass communication department joins other departments and programmes at CAS that gained similar recognition from world-renowned international accrediting bodies. This is a big leap forward in our determination to raise the standards of all our programmes to international performance and excellence.” Dr Mustafawi added: “The mass communication programme is the first such in the Gulf, Middle East and North African region, and the second in the world outside the US to have achieved such a distinction.”The department’s success is a culmination of a six-year exercise that included an intensive self-study as well as review visits from ACAEJMC members, with full participation of the college and department administration, faculty, staff and students.