Faculty members, support staff, and resource speakers assemble for the week-long CoE SAR Writing Workshop held on August 10–14, 2026. (Photo by UP College of Engineering.)
The UP Diliman College of Engineering, in partnership with UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office, successfully conducted the week-long CoE Self-Assessment Report (SAR) Writing Workshop on August 10-14, 2026, targeting the continuous quality improvement of their graduate degree programs.
Opening the five-day program, Prof. Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling, Dean of the College of Engineering, expressed her support for the participating faculty members and staff, highlighting the importance of strengthening program and institutional capabilities in drafting their SAR.
Day 1 of CoE SAR Writing Workshop on August 10, 2026.
The workshop kicked off virtually on August 10 with a webinar session on Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) Principles led by Prof. Marion Lux Y. Castro, Director of the UPLB Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL).
(Photos by UP College of Engineering and UPD QAO)
Prof. Emer. Villaseñor and Prof. Festin served as resource persons to the CoE SAR Writing Workshop.
The workshop transitioned to on-campus sessions for Day 2 at UP Diliman, where Prof. Emer. Irene M. Villaseñor delivered a lecture on the AUN-QA Framework criteria for programme, covering criterion 1.0 Expected Learning Outcomes, criterion 2.0 Programme Structure and Content, criterion 3.0 Teaching and Learning Approach, and criterion 4.0 Student Assessment. To allow participating teams dedicated time to populate their draft documentation, Day 3 was designated as an asynchronous work session for the SAR Teams to complete the SAR Preparation Template. The workshop resumed in person for Days 4 and 5, with Prof. Susan P. Festin guiding participants through AUN-QA Framework criteria for resources: criterion 5.0 Academic Staff, criterion 6.0 Student Support Services, and criterion 7.0 Facilities and Infrastructure; and for results, discussing criterion 8.0 Outputs and Outcomes.
CoE Support Staff during the sharing of reflection.
The training workshop was organized through the collaborative efforts of the College of Engineering, led by Dean Prof. Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Prof. Leslie Joy L. Diaz, alongside the UPD QAO, headed by Director Prof. Evangeline C. Amor and the Internal Quality Assurance unit. Through this joint initiative, graduate program writing teams received direct coaching, evidence-mapping strategies, and actionable guidance as they prepare their respective SARs for upcoming quality reviews.
Throughout April and May 2025, the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office led a series of workshops, forums, and dialogues for staff, project leaders, and students with the objective of empowering the UP community to strengthen QA practices across academic and administrative processes.
The symposium brought together UP administrators, QA officers, and support staff to reflect on the University’s contributions to the SDGs and explore ways to further align academic and research efforts with the UN 2030 Agenda.
The UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) marked the institutionalization of the UP Quality Policy last April with a month-long celebration themed Pagpapatuloy, emphasizing the University’s sustained dedication to excellence and continuous improvement.
To strengthen the engagement of various quality assurance stakeholders in the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), the UPD Quality Assurance Office held a two-day QA General Assembly last March 3 and March 10, 2025 at the Bulwagang Tandang Sora, College of Social Work and Community Development, participated by 248 members of the UPD community across the 87 academic and administrative units.
To reinforce the foundational knowledge gained from the series of onsite training for the Phase 1 of the ISO 21001:2018 EOMS Certification Project, the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) successfully conducted multiple sessions of Process Mapping and Risk Management Coaching from November 2024 to February 2025.
7 undergraduate degree programs from UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga, College of Fine Arts, and College of Social Work and Community Development completed two batches of external review visits last November 20-22 and November 27-29, 2024, with external quality reviewers hailing from UP Diliman and UP Los Baños. This brings the total of undergraduate degree programs that have undergone external quality assurance to 27 in 2024.
