Institutional Accreditation and Assessment


Welcome to the Institutional Accreditation and Assessment Office. Just call us IAA for short. Our office assists and facilitates accreditation and assessment activities at De La Salle University. We provide information on students, faculty and staff as well as on the critical functions of instruction, research, and community service in support of strategic planning, policy-making, and continuous improvement. The office is headed by a Director who reports directly to the Chancellor. The Director is a member of the Assessment, Accreditation, Quality Assurance, and Ranking Council of the university.

In this web site you can find the university's accreditation and assessment status, references, teaching and learning frameworks, assessment related activities, and much more. For other inquiries, please see the " IAA Home" link and also our contact information.

Institutional Recognition, Accreditation and Assessment Status


 
Granting Organization Accredited/Assessed Unit Status
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Republic of the Philippines De La Salle University Autonomous Status Award of Distinction
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Republic of the Philippines Biology Center of Excellence
  Chemistry Center of Excellence
  Mathematics Center of Excellence
  Physics Center of Excellence
  Information Technology Education Center of Excellence
  Teacher Education Center of Excellence
  Psychology Center of Excellence
  Chemical Engineering Center of Development
  Civil Engineering Center of Development
  Computer Engineering Center of Development
  Electronics and Communications Engineering Center of Development
  Mechanical Engineering Center of Development
  Industrial Engineering Center of Development
  Political Science Center of Development
Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU)    
Undergraduate Programs Accountancy Level III
  Business and Economics Level III
  Education Level III
  Liberal Arts Level III
  Science Level III
  Computer Science Level III
  Engineering
(Civil, Industrial, ECE)
Level IV
  Engineering
(Chemical, Mechanical)
Level III
Graduate Programs Education Level III
  Liberal Arts Level III
  Science Level III
ASEAN University Network – AUN QA Assessment at Programme Level Applied Corporate Management Assessed November 2011
  Physics Assessed November 2011
  Software Technology Assessed November 2011
  Chemistry Assessed November 2010
  Literature Assessed November 2010
  Psychology Assessed November 2010
  Chemical Engineering Assessed August 2008
  Economics Assessed August 2008

DLSU Current Autonomy and Accreditation Status

Autonomous Status

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) once again granted DLSU Manila Autonomous Status effective November 15, 2007 to November 14, 2012 (per CHED Memorandum order (CMO) No. 59 series of 2007) and recently extended up to May 31, 2014, (per CHED Memorandum Order No. 18 series of 2012). The selection and identification of higher educational institutions to be granted autonomous status are based on several criteria: commitment to excellence, long tradition of integrity and untarnished reputation; and sustainability and viability of operations. The indicators of the above criteria are measured by the number of Level IV and Level III programs of the institution, the number of CHED Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development, and international and national recognition for academic excellence.

The benefits given to institutions having autonomous status include exemption from issuance of Special Order (S.O.) for their graduates; priority in grant of subsidies and other financial incentives from CHED; privilege to prescribe their curricular programs; privilege to offer new courses/programs without seeking permit/authority from CHED; privilege to establish branches or satellite campuses without seeking government authority from CHED; authority to grant Honoris Causa to deserving individuals among others.

NEWS
 

Level IV Status for Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and ECE

The Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) has granted Level IV status to the Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, and Industrial Engineering programs of the Gokongwei College of Engineering of De La Salle University.  These three programs [...]

Three more programs undergo AUN-QA Assessment

The programs of Applied Corporate Management (ACM), Software Technology, and Physics received high marks from the ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance Assessment at Programme Level.  The assessment was conducted last November 7-9, 2012 by a team of 6 assessors from the National University of Singapore, Institut Teknologi Bandung, National University of Laos, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Chulalongkorn University.  The programs were assessed [...]

CHED extends Center of Excellence status of DLSU programs

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has extended the status of Centers of Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics “until such a time that the harmonization of quality assurance on [...]

 

Contact Information

Institutional Accreditation and Assessment Office (IAA)
14th Floor Henry Sy Sr. Hall
2401 Taft Avenue
1004 Manila, Philippines

Tel. No.: (632) 536-0279 (direct line)
(632) 524-4611 loc 567 (trunk line)
Fax No.: (632) 521-9094
Email: iaa@dlsu.edu.ph