Abstract:
The current research was conducted to identify the level of quality of
academic life during Covid -19 pandemic among the students in Umm alQura University. The study also attempted to reveal the impact of some
demographic variables (gender, specialization, and university stage( on the
quality of academic life. A stratifed random sample of (927) was selected
from male and female students, and the measure of quality of academic
life during Corona pandemic was applied to them. The results indicated a
high quality of academic life among all groups of students, and revealed no
statistically signifcant difference in quality of academic life during Covid
19 pandemic due to gender, while a statistically signifcant difference was
found in quality of academic life during Corona Covid 19 pandemic duo to
the variable of academic specialisation. The results also indicated statistically
signifcant difference in quality of academic life during Covid 19 pandemic
between undergraduate students and postgraduate students in the direction
of postgraduate students’ scores. The study recommended the need to work
on developing plans and alternative plans to deal with similar events in the
future, such as the Corona pandemic to ensure the continuity of the quality of
academic life for the university students.
