Strategic Planning

Our Approach to Strategic Planning

Our strategic planning process involves defining our University's direction, making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, and aligning our actions to achieve our strategic goals.

We ensure that our strategic plans are inclusive, data-informed, and aligned with the University's mission and vision.

Vision

A nonprofit research university that aspires to be a world-class institution and a pioneer in innovation and knowledge applications.

Mission

Alfaisal is a student-centered university creating and disseminating knowledge through world-class academic programs, research, and service that benefits humanity.

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The relationship between core values is summarized in the Figure.

Core Values

Figure: Core Values of Alfaisal University

Core Values

  • Culture: Understand and value core elements of Saudi culture.
  • Knowledge: Contribute new knowledge in the fields of science and technology.
  • Performance: Commit to continuous improvement in performance and quality.
  • Leadership: Demonstrate and build leadership with respect to academics, research and service.
  • Faith: Honor the role of faith in life.
  • Integrity: Demonstrate professional and institutional integrity.
  • Responsibility: Embrace social and environmental responsibility.
  • Honesty: Demonstrate honesty in one's actions and treatment of others.
  • Service: Provide value-added service at the local, regional and international levels.
  • Learning: Instill the habit of lifelong curiosity and learning.
  • Equal opportunity: Strive for equal opportunity within the context of valuing talent and ability.

Alfaisal University Strategic Plan Summary

Theme 1: Student Centered

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Goal 1 & 2:
  • Provide a world-class student-centered learning environment that is supported by equal educational
  • Graduate competitive, conscientious leaders with global entrepreneurial perspectives.
Objectives

    O-1. Continuous improvement of programs and learning environment.

  1. Establish teams within colleges to evaluate and improve the quality and outcomes of each academic program
  2. Enhance and support teaching and learning
  3. Continue evaluation and monitoring of learning environment
  4. Enhance and monitor UPP program

    5. O-2. Provide timely and relevant world class curricula and degree programs.

  5. Review and improve existing AU’s programs and curricula to become more competitive with world class counterparts and establish new crucial programs
  6. Monitor the relevancy of academic programs and corresponding curricula to the market needs of Saudi Arabia

    7. Provide varied services and extracurricular activities for students to develop their academic, personal and social skills.

  7. Establish adequate support for student' services and extracurricular activities
  8. Enhance students' advising, orientation, placement, training and internship opportunities for students

Theme 2: World Class Distinction

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Goal 3 & 4:
  • Strengthen national and international recognition
  • Attain financial sustainability through diverse revenue sources.
Objectives

    O-4. Distinguish Alfaisal through the quality of its students, faculty, programs,and infrastructure.

  1. Attract and support highly qualified students
  2. Monitor students’ performance and graduation rate
  3. Attract, develop and retain qualified faculty and staff members
  4. Monitor faculty and staff members’ performance
  5. Enhance Library offerings and services
  6. Enhance IT infrastructure and services

    7. O-5. Maintain and enhance national and international recognition and accreditations.

  7. Comply with the requirements of national and international accreditation entities

    8. O-6. Capitalize on the reputation of the academic programs.

  8. Strengthen and support academic programs in all colleges
  9. Attract, develop and retain qualified faculty and staff members
  10. Monitor faculty and staff members’ performance
  11. Maintain up-to-date curriculum
  12. Formulate endowment framework including by-laws and procedures

    13. O-7. Establish endowment and fundraising framework

  13. Establish endowment revenue initiatives
  14. Establish non-traditional revenue sources

Theme 3: Research

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Goal 5 & 6:
  • Advance cutting-edge research.
  • Contribute to development of knowledge-based economy
Objectives

    O-8. Facilitate and support excellence in research

  1. Increase effort to recruit and retain research active faculty
  2. Establish and strengthen in cost-effective ways core shared research facilities
  3. Provide seed funding to spur research in multidisciplinary emerging fields

    4. O-9. Encourage establishment of research centers in strategic fields

  4. Increase efforts to develop industry partnerships and attract funding sources
  5. Encourage productive mutually beneficial research collaboration with incentives for faculty and students
  6. Seek support to establish research projects in strategic fields
  7. Focus on sustainable R&D strategic fields

    8. O-10.Contribute to the country’s transition to a knowledge-based economy

  8. Promote research and development of technology-based small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
  9. Develop strategic partnerships with universities, research institutions, corporations, government agencies and community organizations.
  10. Organize and host knowledge-based related events to serve the community and businesses
  11. Establish a Business Incubation Center
  12. Include sustainable development in the curriculum

Theme 4: Service to Community and the World

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Goal 7
  • Expand engagement to better serve the community
Objectives

    O-11. Foster lifelong learning and engagement with the community

  1. Encourage and support university engagement through community service
  2. Develop a broad scope of continuing education programs to support lifelong learners
  3. Provide diverse range of community programs and activities that are aligned with the university’s mission
  4. Establish a lifelong relationship with alumni to encourage involvement, support and loyalty to the university