The purpose of the Aurum Futuri education excellence award is to honour MOME teachers who demonstrate outstanding accomplishments in terms of the professional and scientific knowledge delivered, teaching methods used, and the impact achieved, and who are an inspirational influence on the teacher and student communities. The award highlights the significance of teaching and mentoring and constant methodological improvements, the necessity of content and methodological innovations, and the importance of creative and scientific activity and learning support, which are all MOME core values.  

The award recognises excellence in the following three areas:  

1. Education content: structure and variety of the content elements related to the subject, an optimal ratio of skill/knowledge and competency development, support provided to help deepen knowledge according to the type of subject (theoretical or practical class).  

2. Education methodology: methodological variety and nuance, achievements and effect before outcome, development of methodological innovations, own best practices and methods, and optimal alignment of methodologies used and learning targets.  

3. True impact of the added values of education: the level of active student motivation, readiness, improvement, learning results, and satisfaction. Insights, discoveries, practices, and career planning made and done by alumni as a result of the teaching received.   

The Aurum Futuri research excellence award draws attention to the significance and value of MOME’s research activity. It is designed to reward researchers who make a contribution by adding to existing knowledge or by generating new findings in scientific, design or art research, and, by developing creative and systematic research methods, advance progress in a particular field of study.

The award is granted based on the following criteria:

1. The quality of research findings: publication, novelty, and impact on the relevant field of study of the research findings.

2. Nature and degree of the true and positive social, economic, or ecological impact.

3. The level of impact the research makes on the research and international reputation of the university.

4. Efficiency of internal and external dissemination of the research findings and the resulting knowledge.

Recipients of the education and the research awards must be able to demonstrate proven and exemplary record in each and every evaluation criteria, thereby contributing to fostering MOME’s education culture as well as sharing, and encouraging the use of, best practices.