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 holds 2025 QA General Assembly​

UPD holds 2025 QA General Assembly​

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.

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UPD Units Sharpen ISO Skills Through Hands-On Coaching

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.

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7 UPD undergraduate programs complete external review visits for EQA Types A and C​

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.

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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.