Evaluation of University Quality in Terms of Sustainable Components of University: A Case Study of West Islam Abad Campus of Islamic Azad University

By passing more than a decade of 21 century, the world experiences complicated and difficult problems and challenges about development and way of life. Challenges evolve from values of unsustainable societies. These challenges link together, therefore having strong political commitment and effective actions are necessary to remove them. If developed humans are known as a heart of development, then higher education of societies has a great responsibility to increase awareness, knowledge, skills and required values to create sustainability in present and future. The purpose of the study is to evaluate components related to a sustainable university of Islamic Azad University of West Islam Abad Campus. The study has attempted to apply theories and models of the sustainable university practically, especially the sustainable university in Islamic Azad University to provide applicable results. The study is an applied research. Data collection has been a descriptive survey. Evaluated components of the study including: ideal ideas, mission and sustainable policy in university, organization structure and stakeholders corporation for sustainable university, education for having sustainability, research for having sustainability, sources management, food products and recycling, reconstruction and green construction, students life and partnership, transportation, standards, green construction, management information system for sustainable development in universities, academic freedom and faculty appointment and promotion decisions, clear rights and responsibilities, accountability. Results have shown the university is in a desirable status in 3 components of management information system of sustainable development management, academic freedom, qualified appointment and promotion as well as accountability and the rest of components are in undesirable condition.