ABOUT

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.

1. Quality Assurance (QA)

   1. Promotion and Training

   2. Compliance Monitoring and Control

   3. Policy Recommendations

2. Internal and External Assessment

   1. Conduct and Facilitation

   2. Systems and Process Review

   3. Performance Measurement

3. Information Systems Development

   1. Database Management

   2. Documentation

   3. Decision-Support Systems

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. 

Leo DP Cubillan, M.D., MPH

Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, Ph.D.

Members-at-Large:

Monet M. Loquias, Ph.D.

Aura C. Matias, Ph.D.

Philip Ian P. Padilla, Ph.D.

Irene M. Villaseñor, Ph.D.

Nina M. Cadiz, Ph.D.

Members:

Rosemary M. Gutierrez, Ph.D.

Rizavel C. Addawe, Ph.D.

Patricia Anne G. Nazareno, Ph.D.

Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon, Ph.D.

Jean O. Loyola, Ph.D.

Myra G. Briones

Nymia Pimentel-Simbulan, Dr.PH.

Annabelle U. Novero, Ph.D.

Primo G. Garcia, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor Mari Anjeli L. Crisanto

Philip Ian P. Padilla, M.D., Ph.D.

Asst. Professor Steve P. Janagap

Updated as of 12 September 2023