Self-Evaluation of the Catholic Faculty of Theology 2008 – 2013
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UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB CATHOLIC FACULTY OF THEOLOGY Self-evaluation of the Catholic Faculty of Theology 2008 – 2013 Zagreb, january 2014. SELF-EVALUATION OF THE CATHOLIC FACULTY OF THEOLOGY Name of higher education institution: Catholic Faculty of Theology Name of university of which the institution is a constituent: University of Zagreb Year of establishment: 1671 Address: Zagreb, Vlaška 38 Phone: +3851/4890 – 402 Fax: +3851/4814 – 704 Web-address: http://www.kbf.unizg.hr/ E-mail: [email protected] Title and name of the head of HEI: prof. dr. sc. Tonči Matulić HEI bank name: Zagrebačka banka Account number: HR7323600001101358687 Dean of the Faculty Prof. dr. sc. Tonči Matulić CONTENT List of tables of Faculty 4 List of images of Faculty 5 Introduction 6 1. Higher education institution management and quality assurance 12 2. Study Programmes 92 3. Students 124 4. Teaching Staff 148 5. Scientific and Professional Activity 170 6. Mobility and International Cooperation 209 7. Resources: Administrative and Support Services, Space, 227 Equipment and Finances Appendix: Tabels 242 Photo Gallery 292 List of tables of Faculty 1. Higher education institution management and quality assurance Table 1: Total number of the teaching staff and associates employed in the Faculty’s 33 departments Table 2: The number of teaching staff and associate employees in departments of the Faculty, divided by their work location (KBF or Regional Study of 34 Theology in Rijeka) Table 3: The number of employed teaching staff and associates in departments of the Faculty, who are working for scientific-teaching institutes of the 35 Faculty Table 4: The number of employees in scientific-research institutes of the Faculty 35 Table 5: The number of employees in the Faculty’s Secretariat 36 Table 6: The number of full-time employees in the Faculty’s Library 37 2. Study Programmes Table 1: Professional titles, academic titles, and academic degrees at the Catholic 95 Faculty of Theology Table 2: Enrolment Quotas 100 3. Students Table 1: The number of applied and enrolled students at the Faculty in the current 125 and the last two years. Table 2: Number of ECTS credit points needed to enrol in higher year of study 133 4. Teaching Staff Table 1: Structure of teachers and associates 148 Table 2: Teacher/student Ratio: PTSP, SPRPC, SPT, LDSP 150 Table 3: Teacher/student ratio: SPCM 152 Table 4: Teacher/student ratio: PTSP Rijeka 153 Table 5: Teaching staff and external associates’ workload 154 5. Scientific and Professional Activity 6. Mobility and International Cooperation 7. Resources: Administrative and Support Services, Space, Equipment and Finances Table 1. Financial expenditure for procuring Croatian and foreign books and 234 Croatian and foreign journals 4 List of images of Faculty 1. Higher education institution management and quality assurance Image 1: The internal organisational structure of the Faculty 24 Image 2: Departments of the Faculty 25 Image 3: Scientific-teaching institutes of the Faculty 26 Image 4: The Regional Study of the Faculty 27 Image 5: Scientific-research institutes of the Faculty 28 Image 6: Secretariat of the Faculty 29 Image 7: Offices of secretariat of the Faculty 30 Image 8: The Faculty’s Library 31 Image 9: The Structure of the Faculty’s Management 39 Image 10: Elements of the Faculty that Have Been Integrated into the University 53 2. Study Programmes Image 1: The structure of study programmes 94 Image 2: Pass-rates for the first year of study during the last five years 105 Image 3: Percentage of students from comprehensive schools and from vocational schools 106 Image 4: Average grade of students in high school 106 3. Students Image 1: The number of applied and enrolled students in the current and the last two 127 academic years Image 2 : Students’ pass rates during the four academic years 132 Image 3: Ratio of enrolled students and students who completed their study programme for all 134 study programmes Image 4: Assessment of learning outcomes 138 4. Teaching Staff Image 1: Teacher/student ratio: PTSP, SPRPC, SPT, LDSP 151 Image 2: Teacher/student ratio: SPCM 152 Image 3: Teacher/student ratio: PTSP Rijeka 153 5. Scientific and Professional Activity Image 1: Ratio of scientific publications that have been published in a1, a2, and other data 176 bases which are recognised for appointments into scientific grades. Image 2: Ratio of scientific publications published in foreign and international conference 176 proceedings and those published in national conference proceedings Image 3. Ratio of scientific publications that have been published in a1, a2 and other date bases which are recognised for appointments into scientific grades, and scientific 177 publications published in foreing, international and national conference proceedings 6. Mobility and International Cooperation 7. Resources: Administrative and Support Services, Space, Equipment and Finances 5 INTRODUCTION Introduction What follows in this document is the first self-evaluation of the Catholic Faculty of Theology (further in the text: Faculty) of the University of Zagreb made for the purpose of re- accreditation in the academic year 2013/2014. The notice received from the Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) of the Republic of Croatia, issued on June 10, 2013, (class: 602-04/13-04/0038; number: 355-02-04-13-1) stated that our Faculty is included in the Plan for Re-accreditation of Higher Education Institutions in the Academic Year 2013/2014, received on June 24, 2013. This self-evaluation of our Faculty is not only a response to a demand, but also an internal necessity of our Faculty, after the implementation of the Bologna Process (started in the year 2000 by introduction of the European Credit Transfer System – ECTS), to review results, evaluate quality, and discover possible deficiencies for the purpose of improvement and further development of the scientific-research activity of the Faculty. Immediately after receiving the official notice on the need to carry out a self- evaluation of the Faculty for the purpose of re-accreditation in the academic year 2013/2014, the Faculty has taken first steps in preparing the aforementioned self-evaluation, while being aware of the nature and the scope of such a task. The first official meeting on the issue was held already on July 8, 2013. During that meeting, the Faculty management has thoroughly informed all employees in professional-administrative offices of the Faculty on the forthcoming self-evaluation and re-accreditation. Additionally, the Faculty management presented and described main tasks related to each segment of administration, professional, and support services. The working material of that meeting was the Guidelines for Drafting Self-evaluation Reports of Higher Education Institutions within Universities, which have been issued by the ASHE on September 13, 2012. At the same time, consultations have been made on naming members of the ad hoc Committee for Drafting the self-evaluation of the Faculty. On the X regular session of the Faculty Council, held on July 12, 2013, a decision has been made on founding the ad hoc Committee for Drafting the self-evaluation, which consisted of: 1. Higher Education Institution Management and Quality Assurance: prof. Tonči Matulić (Ph.D.), the Dean, prof. Josip Baloban (Ph.D.), prof. Ružica Razum (Ph.D.), the President of the Committee for Quality Assurance, and Ivan Mahečić (LL.M.), the Head Secretary of the Faculty. 2. Study Programmes: prof. Ružica Razum (Ph.D.), the Vice-dean for Teaching and prof. Blaženka s. Valentina Mandarić (Ph.D.). 3. Students: prof. Ružica Razum (Ph.D.), the Vice-dean for Teaching, Silvija Migles (Ph.D.). 7 Introduction 4. Teachers: prof. Mario Cifrak (Ph.D.), the Vice-dean for Organisational Issues, and prof. Ante Crnčević (Ph.D.). 5. Scientific and Professional Activity: ass. prof. Nenad Malović, (Ph.D.), the Vice- dean for Science, and prof. Ivan Karlić (Ph.D.). 6. Mobility and International Cooperation: ass. prof. Nenad Malović, (Ph.D.), the Vice-dean for Science, and ass. prof. Danijel Tolvajčić (Ph.D.). 7. Resources: Administrative and Support Services, Space, Equipment and Finances: prof. Mario Cifrak (Ph.D.), the Vice-dean for Organisational Issues, and prof. Slavko Slišković (Ph.D.). By the aforementioned decision, the process of preparation for drafting the self- evaluation of the Faculty has been intensified, while the operative and practical part of the task was put on hold until further instructions from the ASHE arrive. In the meantime, the Faculty management took part in the workshop for drafting self-evaluation, held on October 10, 2013, in Zagreb, which was organised by the ASHE. After that, two preparatory tasks were carried out: − on October 15, 2013, a notice on the need for promptness in carrying out assigned duties related to the self-evaluation, especially those related to delivering of personal data and filling in certain tables, was sent out to all teachers and associates of the Faculty; − a drafting of a proposal for new members of the ad hoc Committee for Drafting Self-evaluation of the Faculty has started; this aimed at a creation of an extended and operative system for more efficient work and participation of the largest possible number of the Faculty community (students, teachers, associates, non- teaching staff) in the process; In the meantime, the Faculty organised a workshop, held on October 23, 2013, for the purpose of familiarisation with demands and challenges in drafting of the forthcoming self- evaluation. The main lecture, which included sharing experiences related to drafting a self- evaluation and re-accreditation, was held by the Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Zagreb, prof. Tajana Krička (Ph.D.). All teachers and associates, postgraduate students, two representatives of each study year of each study programme, and all non- teaching staff participated in the workshop. After this informational workshop, the formation of operative working groups in the context of the ad hoc Committee for Drafting the self- evaluation of the Faculty followed.