January 14, 2016, 10:17p.m. – UST HAS been named associate member of the exclusive Asean University Network (AUN) Quality Assurance (QA) group, joining three other top Philippine universities.

In a letter to UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. dated Jan. 13, the AUN said it had accepted the University’s application to be a sitting member “under the umbrella of AUN Quality Assurance Network.”

The letter, signed by AUN Executive Director Nantana Gasajengi, said the network was “looking forward to a prosperous cooperation between the AUN-QA Network and UST to foster quality education in our region and beyond.”

Membership allows the University to join the network’s exchange programs and other projects, as well as initiatives with partner-organizations like the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the European Union.

In a statement, UST said AUN-QA membership involved program assessment to ensure quality delivery of educational services, and gave UST the chance to be part of a wider network of excellent higher education institutions in the region.

AUN was founded by Asean member-countries in November 1995 to establish an Asean university. The network now has 30 universities across the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

In the Philippines, the University of the Philippines (UP), Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University are AUN members. UST, along with UP, Ateneo and La Salle, synchronized its academic calendar with Asean universities in 2014 ahead of the 2015 Asean integration plan.

The AUN-QA provides guidelines for overall academic standards of member-universities, with criteria such as expected learning outcomes, program specification, program structure and content, teaching and learning strategy, facilities and infrastructure, and quality assurance of teaching and learning. Roy Abhramn DR. Narra and Jerome P. Villanueva

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