Quality Education and Management

OIDQA leads, monitors and evaluates major activities’ effectiveness, significance, and relevance to the overall objective of the University and the goals of the University President, specifically on Strategic Planning, Budget Preparation and Consultation, Performance Review and Evaluation, and University-wide Analyses.

The Quality Assurance services begin with input university’s strategic directions provided by the University President and from the requirements of the core and support processes of the university. The OIDQA monitors the progress and ensures the timely and complete submission of the University’s application to national and international accrediting/ certifying bodies.
Particular to the OIDQA, there are three (3) Areas of Saint Louis University Quality Assurance. These are the following:

1. Accreditation and Certification (External Quality Assurance)
   This area focuses on the planning and implementation of SLU’s institutional external accreditation process, which involves document verification and logistical preparations for periodic institutional and program accreditation by national and international accrediting and certifying agencies.
2. Institutional and Program Assessment (Internal Quality Assurance)
   This area highlights the planning and implementation of the institutional and program- specific self-assessment processes by using national, regional, and international frameworks and standards. The committee chair is in-charge of forming and overseeing school, area, or unit-based working committees that undertake regular self-assessment, progress monitoring, and impact evaluations of programs and activities. Reports are used as input for the school, department, or unit’s planning and continuous improvement activities.
3. Institutional Reputation and Effectiveness
   The Institutional Reputation and Effectiveness deliberates, plans, implements, monitors, and sustains SLU’s institutional reputation and determines its effect. This area includes university Impact assessments and International Rankings and Ratings. The OIDQA together with the top management level looks forward to collaborating with the students, faculty, non-teaching staff, and to the entire Louisian community for the promotion of the University’s application to national and international accrediting/certifying bodies through participating in interviews, surveys, and institutional feedbacks for the following:
   • Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings and Ratings (QS)
   • The World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI)
   • UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (UI GreenMetric)
   • Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THE)
   • AppliedHE Private University Ranking: ASEAN (AppliedHE)
   • ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA)
   • International Organization for Standardization Certification (ISO 9001: 2015)
   • Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU)
   • CHED Autonomous and Deregulated Status (CHED Autonomous)
   • CHED Institutional Sustainability Assessment (CHED ISA)