A Comparative Study of Assessing the Quality of Higher Education Curriculum

The higher education’s perspective has changed dramatically in recent decades as well as its content and curriculum standards have also been changed. Curriculum and assessment associated with it are considered as the heart of educational systems around the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the curriculum in a comparative study. In this study, the analytical method and for this purpose the views of experts, books, records, studies and research on how to assess the quality of the academic curriculum have been studied and analyzed in South Africa, Australia, Finland, the UK and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and Iran. The results show that the objectives of the curriculum of Iran have many similarities to those of the countries studied, including the training of skilled workers for the job market, elite, creative and innovative student development and the ability to analyze issues, critical thinking, quality assurance and so on. Generally all higher education curricula have an overall goal of becoming young people to a valuable element in society. Therefore, experiences and ideas have been challenged discussed in this field through useful teachings related to the quality of higher education curricula have been extracted and in light of it curriculum will be improved.