Internal Quality Assurance
Through its Internal Quality Assurance System (IQAS in portuguese: SIGQ), the Polytechnic University of Coimbra is committed to a policy of quality and continuous improvement in all its activities, such as:
1. To promote a philosophy of quality across its mission areas: teaching and learning, research, community involvement and internationalization.
2. To encourage the engagement and participation of relevant internal and external stakeholders, listening to their needs and expectations on an ongoing principle and involving them in the reflection process in order to jointly achieve quality in the most diverse mission areas.
3. To promote an institutional spirit of quality, transparency, self-responsibility and accountability, based on a regular self-evaluation and monitoring of the improvements’ implementation.
4. To ensure the necessary conditions for updating the IQAS (SIGQ) and maintaining certification in accordance with the established benchmarks and standards.
5. To promote a good management philosophy, ensuring the existence of internal rules to control the institution’s functional activities and risk management, ensuring action in accordance with the principles of administrative activity.
6. To work towards the Sustainable Development Goals in the different areas of sustainability: environmental, economic and social, by implementing and adopting strategic sustainable measures throughout the Polytechnic of Coimbra and, essentially, by seeking to change behaviours and attitudes that ensure not only the future of the institution, but also of future generations.
The IQAS of Polytechnic of Coimbra is applicable to the first and second cycle courses, both bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and to non-degree courses – Professional Higher Technical Courses (CTeSP), as well as to research and development activities, to provision of services to the community and to social affairs. Consequently, it is the responsibility of all Polytechnic of Coimbra employees to comply with the regulations contained in this IQAS Guide so that it can represent a solid foundation for ensuring the effectiveness of the established rules and the satisfaction of all those involved in the accomplishment of Polytechnic of Coimbra’s mission.
ISCAC follows the Polytechnic of Coimbra IQAS Guide.
IPC’s Internal Quality Assurance System