Terms of Reference

1. To advise and make recommendations to the Senate on regulations, policies and guidelines relating to the quality assurance of teaching, learning and assessment by taking into account the University’s overall interests, to promote the quality of teaching and learning, to monitor the operation of related quality assurance processes at HKUST (GZ) in light of the “Unified HKUST, Complementary Campuses” umbrella, and to ensure the compliance requirements met both from HK and mainland China.
2. To receive and evaluate annual reports from Hub, College and other academic units on teaching and learning in the courses and programs.
3. To advise on matters related to the evaluation of teaching, including, but not limited to, student evaluations of courses and instructors.
4. To submit to the Chairman of the Senate no later than the 31st of July each year a written report covering the period from 1 July to 30 June on the activities of the committee and the state of teaching and learning quality during the previous academic year.

Powers

1. To co-opt such additional voting members as may be required but not exceeding one-third of formal Committee membership.
2. To form any working groups as considered necessary.

Membership

Chair: Appointed by the Chairman of the Senate

• Professor GAO Ping 高平教授

Member and Secretary: Head of Quality Assurance & Enhancement, ex-officio

• Dr LIU Yingbo 刘膺博博士

Members:

(a) One faculty member to be nominated by each Hub/College respectively

• Professor GAN Zecheng 干则成教授
• Professor CHU Xiaowen 褚晓文教授
• Professor HE Dengbo 贺登博教授
• Professor LAN Zhiyong 蓝志勇教授
• Professor MA Jinyuan 马近远教授
• Professor WANG Linxiao 王林晓教授

(b) Dean of Students, or nominee

• Mr LI Nan 李楠先生, representing the Dean of Students

(c) One representative from the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, to be nominated by the Dean

• Dr Karen GUAN 关璐博士

(d) Three students, with at least one respectively from UG, MPhil and PhD, to be nominated by the Dean of Students

• Ms QIU Yueran 邱悦然女士
• Ms ZHANG Xuanyue 张煊月女士
• Mr DONG Wenhan 董文翰先生

Term

For student members, one year, renewable

For others, two years, renewable