
The Journey Towards Excellence
Quality Assurance
UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office is responsible for ensuring the academic excellence of the University through implementing the UP Academic Assessment and Development System (AADS).
The Office takes the lead in envisioning to be at the forefront of quality assurance in education by implementing an innovative and sustainable quality management system by 2030. The goal is to provide the University and its stakeholders with a formal quality assurance system that meets local, national, regional, and global standards.
QAO News and Updates
Featured Article
This section features our most recently concluded activity.
UPD’s elementary and secondary educ, computer science, and library science programs complete AUN-QA assessment
Four (4) undergraduate degree programs of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) successfully completed the 461st ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Programme Assessment held from August 26 to 28, 2025.

UPD’s elementary and secondary educ, computer science, and library science programs complete AUN-QA assessment
Four (4) undergraduate degree programs of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) successfully completed the 461st ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Programme Assessment held from August 26 to 28, 2025.

UPD QAO benchmarks QA and KM best practices with top Thai universities
The UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO), together with the UPD Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), conducted a benchmarking visit to two of Thailand’s top universities—Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University—on July 23–24, 2025.

UPD QAO holds 2025 Q2 QA Clinic, highlights UPD’s 100% iAADS submission
Banking on the successful 100% iAADS submission of UP Diliman for the 2024 cycle, the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) brought together 59 academic unit heads and QA Officers from 37 degree-granting units (DGUs) in the recently held QA Clinic at the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) last June 23, 2025.

QAO Vision
The UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office takes the lead in the implementation of an innovative and sustainable quality management system by 2030.
QAO Mission
The Quality Assurance Office shall:
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.