Author(s): Obaid bin Abdullah Al-Subaie
The study aimed to present a proposed model for evaluating the efforts of institutional excellence in Saudi universities in light of the components of the European model for quality and excellence, by surveying the views of a group of experts in management and educational leadership in 17 Saudi universities, who were intentionally chosen, the researcher used the descriptive approach in its two types of documentary and survey On the method of "Delphi" through two rounds, the first round aimed at surveying experts' opinions on the importance of the components of the European model for quality and excellence in evaluating the university's efforts in the field of excellence. The number of participants was 33 experts, while the second round aimed to survey experts' opinions on the suitability of the proposed model to evaluate the university’s efforts in the field of excellence, by estimating the importance of the indicators included under each area, and their ability to measure, the number of participants in this round reached 36 experts, and the study reached a proposed model to evaluate the efforts of institutional excellence in Saudi universities in light of the components of the European Quality Model And excellence, using a tool consisting of five areas (university leadership, university policies and strategies, university human resources management, university partnerships and resources management, management of university operations, services, and products) 50 indicators were included under it to judge the university’s efforts in the field of excellence.