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Student Affairs Deanship

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University of Bahri

Student Affairs Deanship

Towards a comprehensive university life and the development of students’ academic, educational, cultural, social, and athletic personalities.

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Student Welfare
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Student Activities
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Counseling and Guidance
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Quality and Development

About the Deanship

The vision and philosophy of the University are founded on leadership, academic excellence, and creativity at all levels. Accordingly, the Student Affairs Deanship is responsible for improving and developing performance through the provision of activities and services directly related to students, focusing on their welfare and the follow-up of their various activities. The Deanship also assumes responsibility for preparing students educationally, socially, culturally, and athletically.

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Our Vision

Leadership in building the personality of university students through excellence in providing all student services and activities.

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Our Mission

Promoting student affairs to create a better university life and preparing distinguished graduates capable of meeting society’s needs.

Goals and Objectives

The Deanship places students at the center of its work and seeks to achieve the following objectives:

Building and developing well-rounded and balanced student personalities.
Developing leadership and entrepreneurial spirit among students.
Promoting national pride, collective belonging, and cultural identity.
Developing student relationships within Islamic principles and encouraging constructive academic and practical cooperation.
Creating a university environment that provides all necessary means of comfort.
Maintaining academic stability and supporting the freedoms of student associations, societies, and organizations.

Strategies and Methods

To fulfill its mission and achieve its objectives, the Deanship adopts several strategies and methods, including:

  • Developing central plans and programs for student activities across various fields.
  • Organizing workshops, lectures, and seminars covering topics that benefit students.
  • Establishing effective partnerships with communities, stakeholders, and beneficiaries connected to the Deanship’s activities at local, regional, and international levels.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Deanship

  1. Helping students make the most of their university experience academically, culturally, and educationally while maintaining proper conduct and discipline.
  2. Caring for students, following up on their concerns, helping resolve their problems, and providing assistance.
  3. Providing opportunities for participation in various activities and national events at the University and at Sudanese, Arab, and international universities.
  4. Addressing students’ problems outside lecture halls in coordination with the National Fund for Student Welfare and relevant authorities.
  5. Supervising various student activities.
  6. Supervising the Student Union, its scientific societies, and various associations, including their financial affairs.
  7. Implementing general student-related policies in accordance with the policies of the Student Affairs Council and in coordination with relevant authorities.
  8. Caring for international students and providing services that facilitate their studies, activities, and living conditions in Sudan.
  9. Following up on joint student programs with Sudanese universities in cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
  10. Maintaining educational standards and general conduct, and addressing behavioral violations on campus.
  11. Organizing meetings between the University President and students.

Organizational Structure

Dean of Student Affairs
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Deputy Dean of Student Affairs
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Heads of Deanship Departments

Deanship Departments:

Social Welfare Department
Student Activities Department
Student Supervision Department
Statistics and Information Department
Administrative and Financial Affairs Department
Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department
Technical Support Department
Quality and Development Unit

Departments and Units

Open each department to explore its vision, mission, objectives, and main responsibilities.

01 | Administrative and Financial Affairs Department

Vision

Advancing all administrative and financial services provided to the Deanship and its staff in accordance with comprehensive quality standards.

Mission

Providing a suitable working environment and administrative and financial services that meet the needs of the Deanship and its staff through strategic and operational planning, organized administrative and financial procedures, clear responsibilities, and simplified processes.

Objectives

  • Improving and continuously developing the administrative and financial services provided by the Deanship.
  • Completing the Deanship’s duties, assignments, and responsibilities.
  • Simplifying administrative procedures and daily transactions for beneficiaries.
  • Developing the performance of employees, supervisors, and administrators across all departments and units.
  • Employing information and communication technology in administrative services.

Main Responsibilities

  • Preparing the Deanship’s annual plans and reports.
  • Following up and managing daily transactions and financial assets.
  • Organizing secretarial work and office management.
  • Maintaining the Deanship’s property, assets, and equipment.
  • Preparing the estimated budget and monitoring its implementation.
  • Monitoring daily staff attendance and maintaining a suitable work environment.
  • Attracting qualified and distinguished administrative expertise.

Subordinate Units

Administrative Affairs Unit
Accounting Unit
Secretariat Unit

These units are responsible for preparing plans, budgets, and reports; managing daily transactions and attendance; reviewing and maintaining financial documents; and organizing correspondence, files, and service requests.

02 | Student Supervision Department

The department focuses on the social, cultural, athletic, intellectual, and educational aspects of student life. It plans, implements, and monitors activities that contribute to preparing well-rounded graduates.

Vision

Developing academically, educationally, culturally, socially, and athletically well-rounded university students and graduates.

Mission

Providing comprehensive student supervision services, improving student services and the university environment, and strengthening the connection between students, the university community, their families, and the wider society.

Objectives

  • Achieving students’ academic stability.
  • Promoting good values, ethics, and proper conduct among students and graduates.
  • Maintaining an appropriate appearance and conduct for university students.
  • Preparing and improving the university environment.
  • Promoting dialogue, intellectual exchange, and respect for different opinions.
  • Developing a spirit of charity and volunteer work among students.

Main Responsibilities

  • Preparing the department’s operational plan and implementing student conduct regulations.
  • Providing advice and guidance to students and organizing daily student activities.
  • Establishing, approving, and registering student families, societies, and associations.
  • Supervising the formation and financial affairs of the Student Union’s executive office.
  • Following up on the issuance and distribution of student ID cards.
  • Monitoring cafeteria services, rest areas, and drinking water facilities.
  • Preparing periodic reports.

Subordinate Units

  • Student Supervision Unit.
  • Student Associations and Societies Unit.
  • Student Supervision Offices at Faculties and Centers.

Student supervision offices at faculties and centers follow up on student registration, identify international students and students with special needs, monitor student services and activities, prepare reports, and coordinate with the Deanship and relevant authorities.

03 | Social Welfare Department

The Social Welfare Department is one of the Deanship’s main service departments. It contributes to students’ financial, psychological, and social stability through essential services and coordination with relevant organizations.

Vision

A stable university environment free from students’ social, financial, and psychological difficulties.

Mission

Providing high-quality social and financial services, psychological counseling, and moral support to help students become confident and personally stable university graduates.

Objectives

  • Achieving students’ social, financial, and psychological stability.
  • Building and developing students’ personalities, abilities, and self-confidence.
  • Activating social and financial support centers and charitable organizations.
  • Ensuring educational continuity for financially disadvantaged students.
  • Improving students’ academic achievement.

Main Responsibilities

  • Providing the essential services required by students.
  • Identifying academically struggling students and investigating the reasons behind their difficulties.
  • Conducting case studies and providing recommendations.
  • Organizing seminars and lectures to address negative social phenomena.
  • Providing counseling sessions for social and psychological cases.
  • Coordinating with organizations involved in student services.

Subordinate Units

  • Social Welfare Unit: Conducting student case studies, reviewing requests related to academic suspension and tuition expenses, and coordinating accommodation, sponsorship, health insurance, student loans, and financial support services.
  • Psychological and Social Awareness and Counseling Unit: Providing counseling sessions, helping new students adapt to university life, addressing academic difficulties, and developing dialogue and decision-making skills.
  • International Students Welfare Unit: Registering international students, updating their records, facilitating admission and registration procedures, and coordinating their activities.

04 | Student Activities Department

The Student Activities Department is one of the Deanship’s vital departments. It promotes cultural, creative, and athletic activities throughout the academic year and represents the University in local, national, and international events.

Vision

Providing distinguished and diverse athletic, cultural, literary, and artistic activities supported by suitable infrastructure, allowing every student to pursue their interests and achieve their potential.

Mission

Providing outstanding activities that fulfill students’ aspirations for self-development, success, progress, psychological stability, self-discipline, and national belonging.

Objectives

  • Developing well-rounded student personalities.
  • Strengthening relationships between students and their lecturers and benefiting from their experience.
  • Promoting awareness of national resources, pride in the country, and preservation of its achievements.
  • Developing students’ skills and abilities in innovation and creativity.
  • Making productive use of students’ free time.
  • Discovering and supporting creative, talented, and distinguished students.
  • Promoting happiness and cooperation among students.

Main Responsibilities

  • Preparing general plans and central programs for student activities.
  • Preparing the general budget for student activities.
  • Monitoring the implementation of programs and internal and external participation.
  • Selecting and training outstanding students to represent the University.
  • Preparing and submitting periodic reports.

Subordinate Units

  • Sports Activities Unit: Organizing internal tournaments, preparing sports teams, training students for local, national, and international competitions, and coordinating sports championships and events.
  • Cultural and Literary Activities Unit: Organizing lectures, seminars, cultural weeks, exhibitions, and celebrations; supervising cultural exchange; and training students in magazine and newsletter production.
  • Women’s Sports Unit: Developing women’s sports, forming and training female student teams, organizing sports programs, and identifying talented students for competitions.

05 | Statistics and Information Department

The department aims to establish a systematic data foundation, provide the necessary tools and resources, and train specialized personnel to collect and analyze data and supply decision-makers at the Deanship and University with relevant information.

Vision

Building a distinguished database that keeps pace with administrative and technological developments and meets the Deanship’s information needs regarding University students.

Mission

Providing the Student Affairs Deanship with data, information, plans, and programs that support decisions concerning students and staff.

Objectives

  • Establishing a strategic planning unit within the Deanship.
  • Building a dedicated database for the Deanship.
  • Ensuring easy access to student-related data and information.
  • Contributing to the understanding of changes and phenomena in student and community environments.

Main Responsibilities

  • Maintaining student files and records at the University.
  • Preparing and issuing reports containing student data and information.
  • Preparing, designing, printing, and binding the Deanship’s publications.
  • Providing and updating the Deanship’s webpage on the University website.
  • Studying general phenomena in the student community in cooperation with the Social Welfare Department.
  • Maintaining the Deanship’s institutional documentation.

Subordinate Units

  • Statistics Unit: Collecting, classifying, and analyzing student data and preparing statistics and reports.
  • Publications Unit: Preparing the Deanship guide, student guide, printed materials, newsletters, media coverage, and documentation.
  • Website Unit: Updating the Deanship webpage, publishing administrative announcements, news, and activities, and proposing technical improvements to the webpage.

06 | Quality and Development Unit

The unit contributes to developing the Deanship’s general policies, programs, and procedures related to planning, quality assurance, and performance development. It follows up on implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement, and prepares the Deanship for institutional, programmatic, and professional accreditation.

Objectives

  • Promoting a culture of quality, planning, and development.
  • Designing, monitoring, and evaluating administrative, financial, and technical plans.
  • Implementing a quality assurance system appropriate to the Deanship’s nature and activities.
  • Supervising self-evaluation of administrative, educational, cultural, and athletic activities.
  • Providing recommendations and proposals to improve performance.
  • Establishing an effective information management system for the Deanship’s activities and programs.
  • Building the capacities and professional skills of the Deanship’s human resources.
  • Supporting the Deanship’s mission through quality assurance in student and community activities.
  • Establishing mechanisms for regular monitoring and continuous evaluation.
  • Developing the Deanship’s programs and regulations to achieve distinguished competitiveness.
  • Creating strategic partnerships with national, regional, and international organizations to exchange expertise.
  • Preparing the Deanship and its programs for external evaluation and accreditation.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Promoting planning, quality, evaluation, and performance development across the Deanship.
  • Contributing to the preparation of strategic, operational, and executive plans and monitoring their implementation and evaluation.
  • Applying quality management systems throughout the Deanship’s functions.
  • Supporting the establishment of effective databases and information systems.
  • Helping develop standards and procedures for student, administrative, and financial activities.
  • Applying institutional and programmatic self-assessment procedures.
  • Providing decision-makers with information, advice, and appropriate recommendations.
  • Studying challenges facing quality and development programs and proposing solutions.

07 | Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department

The department provides psychological and counseling services that help students adapt to university life and develop their personal, academic, and social abilities to achieve psychological stability and academic success.

Vision

A supportive environment for mental health that helps students achieve adjustment and success.

Objectives

  • Helping students adapt to the university environment.
  • Early identification of psychological, academic, and social difficulties.
  • Providing individual and group psychological counseling services.
  • Providing psychological support to students affected by war, displacement, and loss.
  • Promoting mental health awareness across the University.
  • Training students in skills for managing anxiety and emotional responses.
  • Strengthening study skills and examination preparation.
  • Providing programs to prevent violence and bullying.
  • Following up on cases and providing continuing social care.

Student Services

Individual Counseling

Confidential sessions to help students deal with personal and academic challenges.

Group Counseling

Counseling groups addressing shared topics such as stress management and communication skills.

Psychological Awareness

Seminars and lectures covering psychological support during crises and academic and career guidance.

Student Affairs Council

The Student Affairs Council is the highest legislative authority of the Deanship.

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