GRANA – ISTEC Quality Certification
Delivering Global Solutions for Advancing Accreditation Standards
Committed to improving the quality of its electronics engineering and telecommunications programs, and to creating a culture of continuous improvement, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja launched the GRANA-ISTEC self evaluation process in July. As of December 24th, they have successfully completed the process and obtained a Certificate of Quality based on a set of internationally-derived standards in accreditation practices.Present at the opening ceremony on July 21st were, among others:
Dr. Santiago Acosta, Vice-Chancellor, UTPL
Dr. Jorge Luis Jaramillo Pacheco, Representative of the Internal Evaluation Committee, UTPL
Dr. Donato Vallin Gónzalez, Director GRANA-Istec
Dr. Willie Moreno, Director of R&D and Board Member, Istec, Inc.
Dr. Mauro Miskulin, President, Istec, Inc.
What GRANA-Istec does
GRANA-Istec measures the quality of educational programs under academic models (in situ, distance learning or mixed), according to international quality standards and social pertinence, with a clear vision of the present necessities to encounter the complexity of globalization (ABET, Canada, OECD, Japan, Spain, etc).


