ABOUT
UP recognizes that to sustain academic excellence, a quality assurance system will enable it to continuously enhance the quality and relevance of its academic programs. The UP Quality Assurance System, previously known as the Academic Assessment and Development System, aims to assure the Filipino public as well as national and international stakeholders that UP programs and delivering units meet standards of academic excellence as currently defined within the changing context of local, national, regional and global developments that have had profound impact on universities worldwide.
The UP QA System consists of the following components:
An Internal Academic Assessment and Development System with an external review (iAADS+);
External audit of iAADS+ to demonstrate UP's capacity to quality assure itself once the system is implemented.
The UP System QA Committee
Functions
The UP System QA Committee will be responsible for the overall quality standards of the University academic programs and its support services. It shall guard the management goals at all levels and ensure that key users implement and modify processes, procedures, and standards.
Quality Assurance (QA)
Promotion and Training
Compliance Monitoring and Control
Policy Recommendations
Internal and External Assessment
Conduct and Facilitation
Systems and Process Review
Performance Measurement
Information Systems Development
Database Management
Documentation
Decision-Support Systems
Responsibilities
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ex Officio Chair
The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall sit as the Ex Officio Chair of the UP System QA Committee since attaining quality assurance of the academic programs is one of the major goals of the OVPAA. The full support of the UP System management to QA initiatives and processes is crucial to the success of its implementation. The VPAA will co-chair the meetings with the UP System QA Officer.
UP System QA Officer, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Quality Assurance), Ex Officio Co-Chair
The UP System QA Officer must be, at the minimum, an AUN-QA Assessor to be appointed. The UP System QA Officer shall oversee the day-to-day operations of the Committee and coordinate with the CU QA Officers on program activities. The UP System QA Officer shall be the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Quality Assurance).
Members-at-Large
The Members-at-Large are appointed into the Committee outside of their Constituent Universities (CU) and on their personal capacity. These members must have training in QA assessment or accreditation, in particular, completed ASEAN University Network - Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Tier 2 training or are QA assessors for the AUN-QA, Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU), or Philippine Technological Council (PTC), Accreditation and Certification Board for Engineering and Technology (ACBET).
Members of the Policy and Program Enhancement Subcommittee
The Policy and Program Enhancement Subcommittee shall be composed of the VCAAs of the CUs. This subcommittee will be in charge of formulating new or enhancing existing QA policies and programs. At this stage of QA development in UP, the Vice Chancellors for Academic Affairs (VCAAs) are the members of this Subcommittee to facilitate seamless implementation of QA initiatives within the CUs. The VCAAs should have completed QA training either by AUN-QA, PAASCU, PTC or other internationally or locally organized QA training.
Members of the Implementation Subcommittee
Each CU shall appoint a QA Officer who will represent their CU in the UP System QACommittee as Members of the Implementation Subcommittee. This Subcommittee will be in charge of implementing the QA policies and programs of the University in the CU. The CU representative to this Subcommittee shall be the head of the CU QA Office or Committee, who may also be the VCAA. The CU QA Officer should have completed QA training either by AUN-QA, PAASCU, PTC or other internationally or locally organized QA training.
Members
Leo DP Cubillan, M.D., MPH
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Ex Officio ChairAlyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (QA), Chief Quality Officer and Ex Officio Co-ChairMembers-at-Large:
Monet M. Loquias, Ph.D.
Aura C. Matias, Ph.D.
QA Office Director, UP DilimanPhilip Ian P. Padilla, Ph.D.
Irene M. Villaseñor, Ph.D.
Nina M. Cadiz, Ph.D.
Members:
Rosemary M. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP BaguioRizavel C. Addawe, Ph.D.
Project Development Assistant - QA, UP BaguioPatricia Anne G. Nazareno, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP CebuMaria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP DilimanJean O. Loyola, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UP Los BañosMyra G. Briones
CU QA Office Director, UP Los BañosNymia Pimentel-Simbulan, Dr.PH.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP ManilaAnnabelle U. Novero, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP MindanaoPrimo G. Garcia, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UP Open UniversityAsst. Professor Mari Anjeli L. Crisanto
CU QA Office Director, UP Open UniversityPhilip Ian P. Padilla, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and QA Officer, UP VisayasAsst. Professor Steve P. Janagap
Project Development Assistant - QA, UP VisayasUpdated as of 12 September 2023
Organizational Chart
Updated as of 21 September 2023