BANDUNG, UPI
UPI is committed to establish an international acknowledgment as its vision to be the leading and outstanding university. In order to prepare internationally-recognized future teacher graduates, UPI registered four study programs in Faculty of Economics and Business Education (FPEB)—Management Study Programme (bachelor degree, master degree, and doctoral degree) and Office Management Education Study Programme (bachelor degree) to be audited by The Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programs (AQAS).
AQAS is an independent and professional agency for external quality assurance in the field of higher education located in Cologne, Germany. AQAS was founded in 2002 and has since accredited more than 6,500 study programme, including numerous programmes outside Germany. AQAS offers international accreditation at bachelor, master, and PhD programme. AQAS has audited in countries in four continents, e.g. Austria, France, Turkey and Moldova, Chile, Oman, Kazakhstan, Russia, as well as Ghana and Niger.
The study programme that are going to be audited in Faculty of Economics and Bussiness Education is accredited based upon the on-site inspection of the full range of the college’s provisions and supporting activities, together with a detailed consideration of the college’s external (statutory) and internal documentation, which helps to ensure that the ongoing operation of college is maintained at an acceptable level.
The accreditation will be held from March 2nd to March 6th, 2020. The agenda of the accreditation will be the discussions with the Senior Management of UPI, Faculty of Management, and teaching staffs of the four study programme of Faculty of Economics and Bussiness Education. The assessors also had a campus tour around UPI; to Isola Building, Islamic Tutorial Centre, University Medical Centre (Polyclinic), Laboratory School (Labschool), UPI Central Library, ICT Directorate, Sports Arena, UPI’s Education Museum, and tour to Faculty of Economics and Business Education A and B buildings. (Writer: Ghina Aulia Saffanah, Editor: Aida Hasanah).