ISO CERTIFICATION. (From left) Luna Villacrusis and Isabel Tiu of TUV Rheinland, TUP president Jesus Rodrigo Torres, vice president for planning and development Ma. Leonor Validor, TUPV campus director Eric Malo-oy, assistant directors Joshua Berja and Nelson Franco during the awarding of the ISO 9001:2015 recertification to TUP Visayas last June 11 at the Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City. The ISO 9001 ensures quality orientation by the core processes to optimize the university’s management system. (Contributed Photo)
BACOLOD CITY -- The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas (TUPV) based in Talisay City, Negros Occidental has obtained an ISO 9001:2015 recertification in its bid to produce more excellent graduates who are globally competitive and relevant in a technology-driven world.
Prof. Eric Malo-oy, campus director of TUPV, said they are gearing towards becoming the premier state university with recognized excellence in engineering and technology at par with the leading universities in Southeast Asia.
“The university is pursuing quality management and believes it should not just be contained in its own sphere,” Malo-oy said on the sidelines of the launching of TUPV’s partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry for the establishment of a shared service facility for metal powder coating on Wednesday.
Last June 11, TUPV was recertified on the Quality Management System ISO 9001:2015 by TUV Rheinland in a ceremony held at Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay.
Dr. Jesus Rodrigo Torres, president of TUP, with Ma. Leonor Validor, vice president for planning and development, and Malo-oy received the ISO 9001:2015 recertification awarded by Maria Luna Villacrusis, senior manager for marketing and sales of TUV Rheinland, in the presence of the faculty, staff, and other administration personnel.
The international organization for standardization certification or the ISO 9001:2015 refers to the Quality Management Systems (QMS) anchored on the seven quality management principles -- Customer Focus, Leadership, Engagement of People, Process Approach, Improvement, Evidence-Based Decision Making, and Relationship Management.
The ISO 9001 ensures quality orientation by the core processes to optimize the university’s management system.
Malo-oy said TUPV is expanding its degree program offerings, and starting this school year, they will accept students in Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
“It is one of the five new programs we are pursuing,” he said.
TUPV is also seeking approval to offer Mechatronics Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering.
Founded in 1977, TUPV currently has about 2,000 students and more than 90 faculty members. Its bachelor courses include Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering while its certificate courses are Chemical Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering Technology. (PNA)
