{"id":16,"date":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:09:48","slug":"iqc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"IQC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Institutional Quality Circle (IQC):<\/h3>\n<p align=\"justify\">Pursuant to the Pakistan Precept Standard and Guidelines PSG (2023) of the Higher Education Commission, an Institutional Quality Circle (IQC) has been constituted in the University with the following composition:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">1.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">The Vice Chancellor<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Chairperson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">2.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Pro-Vice Chancellor\/ Senior Dean<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Deputy Chairperson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">3.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">All Deans<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Director Advanced Studies &amp; Research<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">5.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Director Teaching<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">6.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Controller of Examinations<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Director ORIC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"13%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"42%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Director Quality Assurance<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"45%\">\n<p align=\"justify\">Member\/Secretary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">IQC is a key tool for the Institutional Quality Assessment and Effectiveness in establishing a quality culture within the University with the following ToRs:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"active\" type=\"1\">\n<li>1. To monitor all relevant external guidance and requirements related to quality assurance, initiating and coordinating action as appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>2. To develop and keep under review the University&#8217;s Academic Policy and Quality Framework, that is, the systems, policies and guidance for assuring and enhancing the quality of students&#8217; learning experience and maintaining academic standards, and to consider and manage the outcomes of these processes.<\/li>\n<li>3. To have oversight of the university&#8217;s approach to assuring the completeness, accuracy, reliability and fitness for purpose of information provided for applicants and students.<\/li>\n<li>4. To maintain operational oversight of academic and student-related policy.<\/li>\n<li>5. To consider proposals for the addition, withdrawal, suspension, and exceptional amendment of programs of study of the university. This will normally be undertaken by chair&#8217;s action for regular reporting to a subsequent meeting of the committee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Aside from ratifying the institutional self-evaluation, the IQC shall meet on quarterly basis and its role is the ultimate delegated authority for the management of quality assurance at the University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institutional Quality Circle (IQC): Pursuant to the Pakistan Precept Standard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17,"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qec.ulm.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}