Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS)

The Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) at Francisco de Vitoria University is the framework that ensures academic excellence and continuous improvement. Its purpose is:

Align the implementation of degree programs with the UFV’s Mission and Quality Policy.

Comply with national regulations and European quality standards (ESG).

Generate useful information for decision-making and accountability.

Promote improvements in teaching and learning processes and related resources, ensuring that students meet the expected learning outcomes.

UFV's Quality Policy: A Commitment to You

Your Excellency

A community committed to YOUR learning, sharing knowledge and providing quality training, where YOU are our top priority.

Comprehensive training

A community committed to YOUR personal and professional development, promoting internationalization, ensuring YOUR continuous growth, and focused on helping you enter the workforce.

Services and resources

A community committed to YOUR personal and professional development, promoting internationalization, ensuring YOUR continuous growth, and focused on helping you enter the workforce. A community committed to providing you with the right resources, keeping pace with technological advancements, offering services that support YOUR success, and safeguarding YOUR security and privacy.

University community

Committed to fostering an environment that promotes collaboration and respect, while enjoying a fulfilling and engaging college experience.

Continuous improvement

A community committed to European quality standards, which implements processes to promote YOUR continuous and effective learning.

Transparency

A committed community, providing clear, accessible, and up-to-date information about our academic and research activities, achievements, and results.

Documents of interest

The ultimate goal of the Quality Policy is to provide a well-rounded education to the members of the university community, thereby contributing to society by fostering individuals who are true seekers of truth and goodness.

Quality Policy

The process map of the Francisco de Vitoria University Internal Quality Assurance System is a graphical representation of the procedures carried out by the institution to ensure the implementation of the University’s Quality Policy, in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Madri+d Foundation for Knowledge.

UFV SGIC Process Map

The Francisco de Vitoria University Quality Manual serves as the framework document for implementing, reviewing, and improving the Quality Assurance System, in accordance with the requirements of the SISCAL Madri+d model for the certification of internal quality assurance systems at universities in Madrid.

Quality Manual

The procedure for the publication of public information sets forth the manner in which Francisco de Vitoria University makes public information regarding its campuses, degree programs, and courses for the benefit of its stakeholders.

Procedure for the Publication of Public Information

SGIC at the university level

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Quality, and Entrepreneurship

At this level, quality management focuses on coordinating, overseeing, and ensuring the proper functioning of the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) at the institutional level. It leads efforts to promote a culture of quality, ensures the effectiveness of services and projects, and coordinates the implementation of systems that facilitate the management, evaluation, and analysis of results across the entire university.

Office of Quality and Institutional Assessment

It supports academic departments and degree programs in the implementation and maintenance of the Internal Quality Assurance System. It is part of the Office of the Vice President for Quality and Organizational Transformation, which facilitates the integration of technology and quality assessment. Its main functions are:

Provide the necessary resources to deliver the services that degree programs and departments need.

Respond to suggestions for improvement that we have received.

Review and update the system on a regular basis.

Promote the UFV Quality System so that it is easily understood and can lead to improvements in degree programs.

Facilitate decision-making through various tools that enable the identification of issues and the development of actions aimed at continuous improvement.

UFV Quality Committee

The purpose of this committee is to share the status of the SGIC implementation with the heads of each center, identify common areas of focus, and establish a collaborative network to facilitate process management. The committee’s work results in the identification of annual quality objectives and an assessment of the relevance of the Quality Policy. The following individuals serve on the UFV Quality Committee:

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Quality, and Entrepreneurship, or a person to whom she delegates, who chairs the committee.

Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Quality at the schools.

Director of the Department of Quality and Institutional Assessment.

Quality managers and representatives from other vice-rectors’ offices, departments, or divisions may also be invited to serve on the Committee when the agenda so requires.

Vice President for Faculty and Academic Programs

It oversees faculty recruitment and course planning processes; develops and oversees faculty support programs and plans for monitoring, professional development, training, improvement, recognition, and promotion; collaborates in the design of faculty teaching evaluation processes managed by the Office of the Vice President for Quality and Organizational Transformation; supports the development and implementation of improvement plans and monitors their progress, in coordination with the Office of the Vice President for Academic Management, Quality, and Entrepreneurship

programme

It is a faculty performance programme that is promoted and managed by the Office of the Vice President for Faculty and Academic Affairs in coordination with the Office of the Vice President for Quality and Organizational Transformation. Its main functions are:

Promote improvements in the quality of higher education by inviting faculty members annually to evaluate their performance, with the aim of fostering pedagogical reflection among faculty and ensuring that their work aligns with the university’s mission.

Coordinate the systematic and ongoing process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating relevant information about teaching activities.

Implement professional development and training programs that are tailored to the actual needs of faculty members.

Encourage teachers to improve their teaching performance by recognizing the quality of their work.

Complete the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) with regard to the quality of teaching, taking a comprehensive view of the professor’s work.

Monitor the programme and make any necessary improvements to ensure its smooth operation.

SGIC at the Center level

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Quality

Coordinates teaching activities, administrative services, budget oversight, and necessary resources, ensuring the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) and continuous improvement at the school.

Committee for Monitoring Degrees at Each Institution

The purpose of this committee is to identify the institution’s quality objectives, prioritize them, and define cross-cutting actions related to those objectives. To identify these quality objectives, the committee must analyze the associated risks and opportunities as well as key indicators, and report on the status of the institution’s programs in terms of their compliance with the commitments outlined in the quality objectives and improvement plans.

Each institution determines the composition of this committee to ensure better alignment with its management and decision-making bodies.

SGIC at the degree level

Program Quality Coordinator

He or she collaborates with the program director and acts on his or her behalf in tasks related to the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the internal quality assurance system’s processes, which promote the improvement and excellence of the programs and the human and material resources associated with them.

Degree Quality Assurance Committee

The purpose of this committee is to evaluate the proper implementation of the degree programs and their outcomes by proposing specific improvements from the perspective of the various stakeholders involved, in accordance with the Quality Policy. The Quality Assurance Committee for the degree program consists of: the Quality Manager, the Program Director, a representative of the administrative and support staff, a student representative of the program, and, optionally, a member of the Institutional Quality and Assessment Department, depending on the program’s needs.

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Quality, and Entrepreneurship

Schedule
From 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Phone
+34 91 709 14 00
Email
vgace@ufv.es

Internal Quality Assurance System for Bachelor's Degree Master's Bachelor's Degree (SGIC)

Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS)