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fa Designing the Accreditation Model of Applied Science Universities in Tehran Designing the Accreditation Model of Applied Science Higher Education Institutions in Tehran سایر موارد مرتبط با بحران، حوادث وامدادونجات Other matters related to crisis, disasters and rescue & relief پژوهشي Research article <div style="text-align: left;">INTRODUCTION: The quality of education and accreditation of universities, institutions, and Educational centers has always been of great concern to many groups, including managers, officials, students, parents, and employers, in the past hundred years. The current research aimed to design the accreditation model of applied science higher education institutions. METHODS: This qualitative research was conducted using qualitative content analysis. Its statistical population includes articles, documents, and all the key informants of applied science higher education institutions in Tehran. A total of 21 key informants were selected using the purposive and snowball sampling method and maximum diversity technique. The data were collected by semi-structured interview, observation, review of documents and scientific texts and analyzed by using MAXQDA-2022 software and weighting of factors, criteria, and indicators with the Shannon entropy method and prioritization with RANK function in Excel. FINDINGS: The results demonstrated that after weighting and prioritizing, the final research model included 33 factors, 101 criteria, and 704 indicators. There are 27 input factors, 4 process factors, 1 output factor and 1 outcome factor. CONCLUSION: The current accreditation model was prepared in accordance with the conditions of applied science higher education institutions using domestic and international experiences with a systemic approach (input, process, output, and outcome) in the form of factors, criteria, and indicators and can be used by University of Applied Science and Technology.</div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">INTRODUCTION: The quality of education and accreditation of universities, institutions, and educational centers has always been of great concern to many groups, including managers, officials, students, parents, and employers, in the past hundred years. The purpose of current research is to design the accreditation model of applied science higher education institutions. METHODS: This qualitative research was conducted using qualitative content analysis. Its statistical population includes articles, documents, and all the key informants of applied science higher education institutions in Tehran. A total of 21 key informants were selected using the purposive and snowball sampling method and maximum diversity technique. The data were collected by semi-structured interview, observation, review of documents and scientific texts and analyzed by using MAXQDA-2022 software and weighting of factors, criteria, and indicators with the Shannon entropy method and prioritization with RANK function in Excel. FINDINGS: The results demonstrated that after weighting and prioritizing, the final research model included 33 factors, 101 criteria, and 704 indicators. There are 27 input factors, 4 process factors, 1 output factor and 1 outcome factor. CONCLUSION: The current accreditation model was prepared in accordance with the conditions of applied science higher education institutions using domestic and international experiences with a systemic approach (input, process, output, and outcome) in the form of factors, criteria, and indicators and can be used by the University of Applied Science and Technology.</div> Accreditation, Applied science higher education institutes, Quality of education, University of Applied Science & Technology Accreditation, Applied science higher education institutions, Quality of education, University of Applied Science & Technology 266 280 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-147-3&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mohammad Reza Hadavandi محمدرضا هداوندی std_mrhadavandi@khu.ac.ir 100319475328460012268 0009-0002-8345-1175 No PhD in Educational Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran دانشگاه خوارزمی Bijan Abdollahi بیژن عبدالهی 100319475328460012269 100319475328460012269 Yes Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran دانشگاه خوارزمی Abdolrahim Navehebrahim عبدالرحیم نوه ابراهیم 100319475328460012270 100319475328460012270 No Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran دانشگاه خوارزمی Hossein Abbasian حسین عباسیان 100319475328460012271 100319475328460012271 No 3- Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran دانشگاه خوارزمی