Quality Assurance Office
The AOU pays significant attention to the quality assurance standards and procedures. The study programs where built taking into consideration the international Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) standards. The QAA Benchmark Subject Statements explains the essential elements of "Subject Benchmark Statements" adopted by the UK-based Quality Assurance Agency.
The quality assurance committee at the branch does it regular and periodic sensing of the academic quality through various tools including questionnaires, action plans based of the questionnaires outcomes, external assessment, and validation services through a well-defined guides for the work of the QA committee.
The Code of practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards is another tool against which the AOU gauges its performance. This code helps us to meet our responsibilities for the assurance of academic standards and quality, by proving a framework within which they can consider the effectiveness of their individual approaches to a range of activities. The AOU recognizes the role of the UKOU as an Awarding Institution, in certain respects, toward the AOU as a Partner Institution. The mapping contained a recent document generated by SA, entitled Mapping the QAA Code is intended to serve as an opportunity to illustrate the Branch's understanding of and role in this valued partnership. 
