Post Accreditation 2025

Post-Accreditation Summary

The post-accreditation phase is a vital continuation of the institutional accreditation process, emphasizing sustained quality enhancement and institutional improvement. As per the Institutional Accreditation Manual issued by BQPCA, accredited Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are required to undertake structured activities in alignment with the recommendations provided in their accreditation reports.

A key requirement is the submission of an Implementation Plan within six months of accreditation, detailing how the institution will address the assessors’ recommendations. For GCIT, CNR, and Sherubtse College, this deadline falls on December 6, 2025, following their accreditation on June 6, 2025.

Furthermore, institutions must submit an Institutional Quality Assurance Report (IQAR) by the midpoint of the accreditation validity period — on or before June 6, 2027. The IQAR evaluates the progress of implementation and forms a critical component for re-accreditation consideration. Guidance for preparing these submissions is outlined in the Post-Accreditation Manual and Annexure XVI.

Institutional Quality Assurance Report (IQAR) 2025

Internal Quality Review

Quality Assurance Documentation

I. Executive Summary

Institutional Accreditation Overview

Accreditation Valid Until:

June 5, 2029

Quality Enhancement Timeline

Implementation Plan

▪️ Based on assessors’ recommendations

▪️ To be developed within 6 months after accreditation

Quality Team Submission Deadline:

September 30, 2025

▪️ College-wide implementation plan due

•High priority (health and safety recommendations)

•Mission and Vision review refinement 

Institutional Accreditation Overview

Accreditation Valid Until:

June 5, 2029

Quality Enhancement Timeline

Implementation Plan

▪️ Based on assessors’ recommendations

▪️ To be developed within 6 months after accreditation

Quality Team Submission Deadline:

September 30, 2025

▪️ College-wide implementation plan due

•High priority (health and safety recommendations)

•Mission and Vision review refinement 

Institutional Quality Assurance Report (IQAR)

Submission Deadline:

Before June 5, 2027

Must Include:

Review and status of the implementation plan

Major changes made

New initiatives for continuous improvement

Public access link to the report

Public Visibility Requirements

Must include BQPCA link

(May state: “Accredited by BQPCA”)

Assessors’ Report must be accessible on HEI website

▪️ Full or partial, but must be accurate

Accreditation Certificate must be prominently displayed to the public

Overall Recommendations per standard based

on the assessor’s report for GCIT:

Standard 1: Governance, Leadership, and Management

● Maintain transparent governance practices and leadership across the institute.

● Vision would benefit from defining in measurable and precise terms such as adding context (national-level or regional-level) and timeline (5-year or 10-year). 

● Effectively communicating and fostering a shared understanding of GCIT’s vision and mission among all personnel would help drive the institute toward achieving its goals. Suggestion: GCIT Newsletter

Standard 2: Academic System (Aldwin, Alex, and Yonten)

● Continue the efforts in reviewing and enhancing the curriculum through benchmarking and industry feedback to ensure the program remains relevant and up to date.

● Strategically select the university or college for benchmarking to support GCIT progress toward achieving its vision.

● Enhance academic flexibility, especially the credit transfer system.

● Continue the current hands-on and practical oriented learning systems.

Standard 3: Human Resources (Mr. Yeshi)

● Additional strategies could be explored to increase the number of Ph.D. faculty, with visiting professors both national and international, which can serve as a potential short-term solution.

● A clear HR succession plan is recommended.

● Consider placing a systematic Mentor-Mentee program.

Standard 4: Research, Publications, and Linkages (Ms. Chimi)

● Additional strategies, such as fostering international collaborations or establishing research laboratories or enhancing R&D units, could be explored to increase the number of publications.

● Establish a systematic and sustainable process for exploring international collaborations.

● Improving the student/staff exchange procedures to enhance the international collaborations.

Standard 5: Infrastructure and Learning Resources (Mr. Bernardo and Mr. Karan)

● Continue to provide and maintain infrastructure and academic support services according to the stakeholder feedback, i.e, improving Wi-Fi speed at the dormitories.

● Safety standards such as evacuation route signs and emergency exit of each building should be implemented.

● Recommend conducting mock drills to cover what are described in the disaster plans, and providing offline information by utilizing the IT media projects.

● Promoting sustainable living campaigns for civic ownership to all residents on campus.

Standard 6: Student Services (Ms. Sangay Lhamo)

● Enhance the process for monitoring student workloads to ensure they can learn effectively and excel in their studies.

● Health standards such as an adequate number of appropriate first aid kits, on-site health center and professional psychosocial counseling should be provided.

● Enhancing the alumni information registration process to ensure the database contains the most up-to-date data.

● Consider placing a systematic Mentor-Mentee program.

● Consider hosting career coaching activities for students to prepare them for work life.

Standard 7: Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) (Aldwin, Alex and Yonten)

● Foster a culture of quality assurance within the institute, enabling everyone to provide clear, evidence-supported descriptions and continuously enhance their work.

● Institutionalize the IQA practice for example, enhancing the mechanism to monitor and evaluate IQA activities.

● Ensuring the integrity of data across all related documents so that all units work with the most up-to-date information, i.e, utilizing the student IT projects for in-house IQA data management

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Internal Quality Review Activity

1. Governance, Leadership and Management

Conducted quarterly town hall meetings for transparency; Vision refinement workshop conducted with stakeholders; Launched campus-wide campaign on GCIT vision and mission awareness.

2. Academic System

Held annual curriculum review meetings with industry and alumni; Conducted benchmarking study with 2 regional universities; Drafted and reviewed credit transfer policy through Academic Board.

3. Human Resources

Reviewed staff development needs and identified visiting faculty areas; Drafted HR succession plan with input from departments; Piloted a mentor-mentee program for new faculty.

4. Research, Publications, and Linkages

Reactivated GCIT R&D committee; Mapped potential international research partners for MOUs; Reviewed current exchange programs and drafted new guidelines.

5. Infrastructure and Learning Resources

Conducted Wi-Fi performance survey in dormitories; Safety audit performed across campus for emergency compliance; Mock drill organized and evaluated, with feedback collected.

6. Student Services

Collected feedback on student workload and advising system; Assessed medical facilities and health needs; Pilot database created for alumni information.

7. Internal Quality Assurance System

Conducted QA training sessions for staff and faculty; Developed QA tools and reporting templates; Initiated student-led project to build an internal IQA system.

BQPCA Accreditation Requirements

Pre-Audit Requirements - Deadline  to Submit to BQPCA -April 1, 2025 

Accreditation Application 2025-- Approved by BQPCA

Audit Requirements

GCIT Institutional Self-Assessment Report (ISAR) 2025- Submitted to BQPCA: April 14, 2025

• Executive Summary

• GCIT Institutional Profile

• Main Report

BQPCA Site Visit- May 5-9, 2025

BQPCA Awarding of Institutional Accreditation Ceremony- June 6, 2025

Post- Accreditation Requirements- After Six months of the accreditation

Internal Quality Assurance Report (IQAR)

Submit an Implementation Plan and Institutional Quality Assurance Reports (IQAR) to the Council. -Six months after accreditation- in progress

Internal Quality Assurance Report 2025 -Six months after accreditation- in progress

Internal Quality Assurance Report 2026 -one year after accreditation- in progress

For any questions or feedback, please email us at: qualityassurance.gcit@rub.edu.bt.