Due to the commitment of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in adopting the best international quality standards, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University has renewed its ISO certification in the quality management system (ISO 9001: 2008). This came after the on-site visit of the external audit team from the Business Standard Company (BSI). The visit was scheduled by first visiting the Deanship of Development and Quality, headed by HE Dr. Fahad Al-Sahli, Dean of Development and Quality, in the presence of the Vice Dean for Quality Affairs, Dr. Hassan Al-Tharawi, and the consultants of the Deanship of Development and Quality Dr. Eid Abu Ezz, Dr. Khaled Al-Jaaidi, Dr. Jalal Al-Ashari and Dr. Sayyad Saleem. During this meeting, Dr. Al-Sahli welcomed the external audit team, explaining the most important processes undertaken by the ISO team to close the previous nonconformity comments, update the policies and objectives of quality, carry out internal audit to the entire university's units and conduct a management meeting on the implementation of the quality management system (ISO 9001: 2008). As part of the external audit team's visit schedule, the on-site visit covered the Vice presidency for Graduate Studies & Scientific Research, Deanship of Students' Affairs, Management for Operation & Maintenance, and a sample of selected Colleges.
At the end of the external audit team's visit, a final meeting was conducted through which findings were discussed by the external audit team and, then, words of congratulations were expressed by the external audit team on the renewal of the certificate since no cases of nonconformity were found. Importantly, the external audit team praised the level of development and quality of the services provided by the University to the stakeholders. They, further, recommended the university's preparation for the ISO System upgrade from (2008-9001) to (2015-9001). Moreover, the Dean of Development and Quality, Dr. Fahd Al-Sahli emphasized on the importance of establishing the quality principles in the performance of the administrative work in all departments and units of the University. He also indicated that the aim of implementing the Quality Management System (ISO 9001: 2008) is to improve the level of organizational administrative work in the university to go in line with the development of strategy adopted by the University of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, with the support of His Excellency the President of the University, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Hamed, as part of the university's efforts in achieving the accreditation for its' colleges that would assure a quality of the education offered by these colleges. This, consequently, would produce competitive outputs of students who would be easily to win the competition in the labor market. Dr. Al-Sahli said that achieving an important recognition of obtaining the prestigious ISO certificate is a source of pride for the university which could be added to the lately series of achievements of Prince Sattam University that, in turn, indicates to the important role and rank of the university in the society. Closing the meeting, Dr. Fahad Al Sahli praised the support and follow-up of the Higher Council of the University headed by the university rector and thanked all the university units and departments for their cooperation and the ISO team who worked hard in accomplishing this achievement.