Development of a Quality Assurance Plan in Line with UKM's Status as a Self-accreditation Institution and Research University

The Self-Accreditation and Research University status requires UKM to develop a quality assurance system that integrates a strong teaching and learning process with effective research and innovation activities to ensure that both processes can be consistently improved. To fulfil this responsibility, UKM established the Centre for Quality Assurance in February 2011 which plays the role of planning, implementing, monitoring and overseeing audit implementation and evaluation of all core processes handled by the University. This paper reports on the development of the Quality Assurance Plan and the establishment of the educational quality assurance process as well as the procedure for academic programme accreditation in UKM. UKM's strategic planning and direction in ensuring the integration of educational, research and service processes are also presented and discussed.