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Departmental Quality Assurance is part of the more comprehensive University Quality Assurance system. The Department has full responsibility for both Education, Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities. For this reason, the Accreditation of the Universities, in addition to the QA of Courses of Study (CdS), for which the Departments are primarily responsible, drafting and approving their curricula and didactic regulations, and arranging for the coverage of training activities, also provides for the QA of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities.

The processes for QA of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities define the responsibilities and operational methods by which the Department pursues, implements and monitors the Quality of Research and Third Mission/Social Impact. Responsibility for Research and Third Mission Quality rests with the Director, who operates within an organizational structure defined in the Department Regulations.

Regarding QA processes, the Department has the following tasks:

  • draw up the Department's Three-Year Plan, with the definition of Training, Research and Third Mission/Social Impact objectives to be pursued, and with the related identification and implementation of the actions that enable them to be achieved as well as the necessary resources. The Department shares strategic objectives defined at the University level and also adopts any specific objectives consistent with its scientific and cultural vocations. Pending possible revisions by ANVUR, the Department's Three-Year Plan incorporates the SUA-RD and departmental strategic research planning;
  • establish transparent criteria for the distribution of resources, understood as human, economic and infrastructural resources; 
  • carry out monitoring of activities and verify the actual degree of achievement of the objectives themselves, preparing an annual Monitoring Report;
  • conduct a self-assessment of how Research and Third Mission/Social Impact activities are implemented and the results achieved compared to those expected. Contextually identify strengths and areas for improvement and envisage possible corrective actions. The review activity is documented in an Annual Report.