Samira El Gibari is a postdoctoral student training at the University of Malaga. Her doctoral thesis was designed to be an academic contribution to the evaluation of university performance using a recently developed methodology, based on the multicriteria reference point method and data envelopment analysis as a multicriteria decision tool. She holds an MA in economic and business analysis and a degree in Business and Management both from the University of Malaga. Her research has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.