Quality Assurance In Engineering Education Through Iso 9001 An Experience

This paper presents the experiences of the School of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in providing quality assurance to its engineering degree programmes through the newly embarked activity of implementing ISO 9001. Problems and solutions related to the certification of ISO 9001 from the conception stage until achieving the certification are highlighted. The implementation of the ISO 9001 quality system is to complement the existing quality assurance activities such as the accreditation by the Board of Engineers, Malaysia and the external examination and assessment processes.