As the country’s National University, the University of the Philippines is mandated to maintain and enhance academic excellence, lead in setting academic standards, and initiate innovations in the performance of its functions in teaching, research, creative work, administration, and public services. In maintaining such, its degree program offerings and support services must be quality assured.
The University is called to action to demonstrate and participate in various assessment procedures to gather up-to-date baseline data and to help units plan more effectively to improve their academic performance and operational efficiency.
Stay informed with the latest news and updates from the QAO Office of Quality Assurance, including updates on events, initiatives, and achievements.
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.
ANCHOR academic and administrative excellence standards of performance on global quality assurance practices.
MONITOR AND EVALUATE academic programs and administrative support services in pursuit of continuous improvement.
PROMOTE quality assurance programs through capacity building initiatives and external engagements.
IMPLEMENT quality assurance policies, systems and procedures towards operational efficiency and effectiveness.