{"id":1286,"date":"2026-08-24T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/?page_id=1286"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:13:02","slug":"quality-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/quality-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department implements and has scheduled specific actions for the coming academic years to achieve defined strategic quality goals. In summary, the Department’s strategic goals relate to providing high-quality education in the Undergraduate Curriculum (UC), enhancing the professional opportunities of its graduates, promoting research activity and innovation, and strengthening the Department’s outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
STRATEGIC GOAL<\/strong><\/td>\nQUALITY OBJECTIVES<\/strong><\/td>\nMEASUREMENT (Indicator)<\/strong><\/td>\nBASE VALUE (Current Value)<\/strong><\/td>\nTARGET VALUE<\/strong><\/td>\nACTIONS (What must be done to achieve the expected results?)<\/strong><\/td>\nRESPONSIBILITIES (Who undertakes each action?)<\/strong><\/td>\nTIMELINE (When?)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
S1. Improvement of the educational process through the provision of a high-quality, effective curriculum<\/strong><\/td>\n1.1 Increase of the student population<\/td>\nD4.17 Annual percentage of newly admitted students relative to the positions proposed by the Department<\/td>\n19.17%<\/td>\n40%<\/td>\nA1. Participation in the “Open Doors” school reception action.<\/p>\n

A2. Press releases per semester.<\/p>\n

A3. Monthly (at least) announcements on the Department’s social media.<\/td>\n

Faculty (DEEP) & Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D4.18-22 Annual percentage of newly admitted students relative to enrolled students<\/td>\n7.08%<\/td>\n20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.2 Increase of student performance<\/td>\nD4.46-211 Average annual degree grade<\/td>\n7.19<\/td>\n7.50<\/td>\nA4. Increased use of ICT in teaching and supervisory media.<\/p>\n

A5. Uploading additional teaching material to eclass (exercises, examples, and\/or videos with short lectures).<\/td>\n

Faculty (DEEP), EDIP & Contract Instructors<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.3 Reduction of the percentage of teaching assignments given to external parties<\/td>\nD4.49 Annual percentage of instructors from other Departments<\/td>\n5.88%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\nA6. Assignment of courses taught by faculty of other departments to new faculty members of the Department.<\/td>\nDepartment Assembly (TSE)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D4.50 Annual percentage of external partner instructors<\/td>\n29.41%<\/td>\n25%<\/td>\nA7. Assignment of courses taught by external partners to new faculty members of the Department<\/td>\nDepartment Assembly (TSE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.4 Student internship (optional)<\/td>\nQP1[1]<\/sup><\/a>: Establishment of an optional internship<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nA8. Assembly meeting and establishment of an optional internship institution in the UC.<\/td>\nDepartment Assembly (TSE)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S2. Connection of the UC with industry and productive bodies<\/strong><\/td>\n2.1 Connection of students with industry<\/td>\nQP22<\/sup>: Action plan for connecting students with industry<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nA9. One educational visit per year to an industry or corresponding body.<\/td>\nFaculty (DEEP), EDIP & Laboratory Technical Staff (ETEP)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S3. Improvement of outreach and internationalization of the UC<\/strong><\/td>\n3.1 Increase in the number of foreign students<\/td>\nD4.25-22 Annual percentage of foreign students<\/td>\n1.23%<\/td>\n1.5%<\/td>\nA10. Sending informative material to foreign schools and posting on the Department’s social media.<\/td>\nFaculty (DEEP), EDIP & ETEP<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.2 Increase of outgoing students via ERASMUS+<\/td>\nD4.30-22 Annual percentage of outgoing students with ERASMUS+ out of enrolled students<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n0.5%<\/td>\nA11. Organization of an annual workshop presenting ERASMUS+<\/td>\nAcademic & Administrative ERASMUS+ Coordinator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.3 Increase of outgoing faculty members via ERASMUS+<\/td>\nD3.18 Annual percentage of outgoing faculty members with ERASMUS+<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n15%<\/td>\nA12. Approval of faculty travel via ERASMUS+<\/p>\n

A13. Creation of new cooperation agreements with foreign universities within the framework of ERASMUS+ partner institutions<\/td>\n

Department Assembly (TSE), Faculty (DEEP), Academic ERASMUS+ Coordinator<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S4. Enhancement of research activity<\/strong><\/td>\n4.1 Increase in the average total number of papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals per faculty member<\/td>\nD3.64 Average total number of Scopus papers (cumulative over the last 5 years) per faculty member.<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nA14. Cooperation with the Innovation Unit, Innovation – Technology Transfer Unit, and Entrepreneurship Center of UTh “One Planet Thessaly” for the dissemination of results and patenting<\/p>\n

A15. Utilization of support measures for Faculty members from UTh<\/p>\n

A16. Utilization of funding for open-access publications (https:\/\/scholarly.heal-link.gr\/<\/a>)<\/td>\n

Faculty (DEEP), Department Secretariat<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.2 Increase in participation in competitive European projects<\/td>\nD3.48-211 Annual percentage of European projects (competitive)<\/td>\n1.39%<\/td>\n2.78%<\/td>\nA17. Recording mature research ideas and sharing them on social media to find collaborations.<\/p>\n

A18. Participation in European Union workshops for submitting proposals to calls\/tenders for European projects<\/td>\n

Faculty (DEEP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S5. Strengthening comprehensive support services and meeting diverse student needs and diversity<\/strong><\/td>\n5.1 Increase in participation in educational processes of students with diversity<\/td>\nSP2[2]<\/sup><\/a> Number of student \u2013 Academic advisor meetings<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n10%<\/td>\nA19. Establishment of an annual meeting of students with their respective academic advisor<\/td>\nAcademic Advisor (Faculty members)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S6. Improvement of the TSE infrastructure<\/strong><\/td>\n6.1 Increase in exclusive-use classrooms<\/td>\nM3.097 Exclusive-use classrooms<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nA20. Change of space use from office to classroom<\/td>\nDepartment Assembly (TSE)<\/td>\n31\/12\/2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

[1]<\/sup> Qualitative Indicator (QP1) \u2013 Physical meaning: Establishment of an internship institution in the Department<\/p>\n

2 Qualitative Indicator (QP2) \u2013 Action plan for connecting students with industry<\/p>\n

[2]<\/sup> Special Indicator (SP2) – Percentage of meetings (PM) per number of Academic Advisors (M3.198) -> SP2 = (Number of Meetings \/ M3.198) * 100<\/p>\n

Physical Meaning: Indicates the percentage of meetings held with academic advisors for TSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department implements and has scheduled specific actions for the coming academic years to achieve defined strategic quality goals. In summary, the Department’s strategic goals relate to providing high-quality education in the Undergraduate Curriculum (UC), enhancing the professional opportunities of its graduates, promoting research activity and innovation, and strengthening the Department’s outreach. STRATEGIC GOAL QUALITY […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1286","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1286\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energy.uth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}