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Internal Quality Assurance System (SIGQa-IPCA)

The Internal Quality Assurance System (SIGQa-IPCA) plays a fundamental role in the definition and implementation of the institutional quality strategy and policy by defining procedures and tools for quality assurance, monitoring and continuous improvement in all aspects of the institutional mission. 

In developing the SIGQa-IPCA, the benchmarks of the Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency (A3ES) have been taken into account, as well as the guidelines established by the legal framework and the European standards and guidelines for quality assurance. 

The specific aims of SIGQa-IPCA are 

  1. i. To define and document the procedures and mechanisms for monitoring, analysing and evaluating the core processes of the institutional mission;
  2. To define the timetable for the self-evaluation processes of the study cycles, the organic units and the institution itself, and to ensure that the deadlines are met;

iii. Establishing the rules for the collection, storage, management and use of data and information; 

  1. Ensuring the application of evaluation tools, and the collection and analysis of their results;
  2. Facilitating the implementation and monitoring of improvement actions;
  3. Ensure the internal dissemination of the analyses carried out and of the conclusions and recommendations/improvement plans resulting from the evaluation processes;

vii. Promote the regular review and updating of the Quality Policy and the SIGQa-IPCA. 

  

Based on the defined quality strategy and policy, the SIGQa-IPCA has as its object all the dimensions of the institutional mission, namely (1) education and training, (2) research, development and innovation, and (3) interaction with society, applicable to IPCA in general and to each of its schools, R&D units, transversal units and common services. 

Education and training is one of the most important dimensions of IPCA and is currently the main strategic axis of its mission, which is why the Quality Manual provides more detailed information on this dimension and identifies the mechanisms and procedures for evaluating it. Within the framework of the SIGQa-IPCA, various procedures have been defined to monitor it with a view to continuous improvement.