Quality Assurance Office

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICE

The Quality Assurance office has the responsibility to support the achievement of the university’s strategic goals towards quality, excellence and continuous improvement locally and internationally. The office works closely with the campuses, colleges and support units of the university in the conduct of regular quality assurance audit, assessment, evaluation and accreditation.

Specifically, the office will provide leadership for quality assurance processes and good practices in the University; develop and implement effective quality mechanisms to facilitate quality assurance; communicate and implement plans to bring the University’s institutional effectiveness and policies into compliance with international standards; establish clearly defined quality methods for administration, faculty members and non-teaching personnel; oversee the implementation of the University-wide quality assurance endeavors; coordinate with various campuses of the University regarding quality assurance and enhancement of management systems, thus ensuring that the mechanisms, procedures and processes are followed to maintain quality level; promote active engagement of administrators, faculty members and non-teaching personnel in quality improvement in all functions of the University; ensure the compliance of the University with International Organization for Standardization (ISO), QS Stars Rating by Quacquarelli Symonds, Institutional Sustainability Assessment (ISA) of the Commission of Higher Education (CHED), and accreditation of the academic programs and the institution as a whole by the Accrediting Agency of Chartered College and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP).

This unit is directly under the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA), and is headed by a Director, supported by a Vice Chair for ISO, Vice Chair for QS Rating, Coordinator for Institutional Sustainability Assessment, Coordinator for Program Accreditation, and Quality Assurance Coordinators from Calabanga, Sipocot and Pasacao campuses.

Head of Office