As part of the process of assessing teacher quality and performance in class, it is necessary to know how satisfied students are with the quality of instruction. However, survey results are only taken into consideration when more than 20% of students in a class participate in the survey.

According to the results analysed by the UIC Educational Innovation and Quality Service, some degree programmes doubled the level of participation in the surveys compared to the previous academic year, namely, Architecture (with a participation level of 43.63%) and Law (with 40.96%). Specifically, the classes with the highest participation were the second year of Humanities and Cultural Studies (with a total of 82.61%), the second year of Architecture (with 78.11%) and the third year of Law (with 52.78%).

The students answered the surveys anonymously on line in the areas of planning, development and the results of teaching, and rated each professor on a scale of 1 to 5 regarding ten topics, including the resources used in class, personalized attention and how the subject was taught.

The student survey was designed in accordance with the requirements described in the Manual of the Docentia Programme for the support of teaching assessment, which includes the entire process for assessing teacher quality and is accredited by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya). The UIC is currently involved in the manual certification process.