MCU Accreditation & Certifications

CERTIFIED - ISO 9001:2015 QAS International Ltd is an established certification body operating within the UK and selected international markets since 1994. QAS International Ltd. focuses on internationally recognised ISO standards.

The Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) is a private accrediting agency which gives formal recognition to an educational institution by attesting that its academic program maintains excellent standards in its educational operations, in the context of its aims and objectives.

The Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) is a private, voluntary, non-profit, and non-stock corporation that was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1957. PAASCU is a service organization that accredits, or quality assures academic programs of its member schools and does institutional accreditation.

The MCU College of Optometry has been recognized as a Center of Excellence (COE) by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Center of Excellence are higher education institutions (HEIs) both public and private which have demonstrated the highest degree or level of standards along the areas of instruction, research, and extension of their particular fields or courses.