ارزيابي كارايي واحدهاي دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي استان آذربايجان شرقي با استفاده از مدل تحليلي پوشش داده ها

Evaluating the Efficiency of Islamic Azad University Branches in East-Azerbaijan Province Using Data Envelope Analysis (DEA)

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of Islamic Azad University Branches in East-Azerbaijan province. The sample includes 28 branches. Data envelope analysis method (DEA) is one of the useful methods for this subject. This method is on the basis of linear programming. DEA requires some information to determine the efficiency or inefficiency of the Decision Making Units (DMU). In this paper, inputs and outputs of DEA are determined through selecting the most important criteria. Inputs include; number of teachers, number of educational groups, university area, and number of students, number of employees, and university expenses. Outputs include: number of graduates, number of articles, books and surveys done at the branch, number of scientific conferences, and number of students accepted at higher education levels. On this basis, the data of each branch were collected and the efficiency of them was calculated using the DEAP2 software. According to the results, fourteen branches were identified as efficient and fourteen branches as inefficient. Finally, the most efficient branches were introduced as pattern (model) through comparison; the inefficient branches could come closer to the pattern (model) and reach the efficiency level.