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 QAO heads to Central Mindanao University, conducts AUN-QA Site Visit Orientation​

UPD QAO Sharpens PUP’s Readiness for AUN-QA Programme Assessment​

As a follow-up to the benchmarking activity last year by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) with UP Diliman (UPD) academic units, another collaboration was held between the UPD Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) and the PUP Quality Assurance Center (PUP QAC), this time through a webinar on the ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Programme-level Assessment Requirements, focusing on Criteria 3 to 8 last October 27, 2025.

Read More »

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.