Service Centres - USM

Quality and Accreditation Division
The academia and the engineering profession has always been acknowledged worldwide
as the important foundation in the development of any specialised technical experts
and is the vital component of any country worldwide striving for industrialised and
developed nation status. With globalisation and the present economic challenges a
reality, the academic and industrial sector of Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia
needs to acquire cutting-edge technology to stay competitive whilst sustaining the
growth momentum of the industry.
World leaders acknowledge that accountability, via quality assurance and systematic
academic accreditation, complemented by responsible sustainable development
awareness in academia and the industry is a great asset in systematic strategic national
development aimed towards maintaining a world-class and responsible academic
and industrial sector. The demand of competent engineering experts regionally and
worldwide will intensify exponentially with the gradual increase in competition and
cost effectiveness expected in efficient industrial development worldwide.
Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia needs to confidently promote their high-impact
expertise overseas and actively support the sustainable industrial development
programmes projects of various countries worldwide. This ingenious era of
globalisation has encouraged and opened up unlimited business opportunities in the
mobility of engineering expertise within the region and the global community. The
recently established ‘Quality and Accreditation Division’ in 2009 is attached to the
Director’s Office of the USM Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
As the pioneer APEX University in Malaysia, this Quality and Accreditation Division
under the auspices of the Engineering Campus Director aims to be the de-facto
academic benchmark for the global community to showcase the latest quality and
accreditation standards and practices to further propel this economic industrial sector
towards another level of excellence in the 21 st century. The ready availability of world
class engineering experts and workforce conversant in state-of-the-art technological
innovations complemented by economic, environmental savvy, occupationally safe
and sustainable aspects would be a great asset to any country since this precious
experienced economic human capital can be easily mobilised anywhere round the
world to solve any impending engineering challenges overseas.