KERALA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
THRISSUR-680596
QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
NOTIFICATION
No: 6035/Dean (AC)/A/KUHS/2015 Date: 07.09.2019
The Kerala University of Health Sciences is proceeding with the Accreditation
Program (KUHS-QAS) [as envisaged KUHS Act 2010, Ch. II-5 (iii), 6 (xx,xxi)]. This
has been approved by the Governing Council of the University vide decision
no.54.07. Accordingly the Criteria for Accreditation were formulated by a duly
constituted committee and a Hand Book has been prepared for this purpose.
Orientation programs regarding KUHS –QAS were conducted to Nodal Officers
(representatives of affiliated college principals) and faculty participating in
Certificate Program in Quality Assurance.
Advantages
1. KUHS proposes to give Quality Accreditation to all affiliated Institutions,
as part of its commitment to enhance quality.
2. This is a hand holding activity of the KUHS towards excellence.
3. Accreditation will be conducted in a transparent manner with minimal
paper work.
4. The gradation will be ‘Excellent’, ‘Very Good’ and ‘Good’.
5. The concept is to bring an element of quality consciousness to all
activities, infrastructure and processes of the institutions.
6. The list of accredited institution will be prominently displayed in the KUHS
website and they will be permitted to publish the achievement in all their
advertisements and publications.
7. The accreditation is expected to improve the preparedness of the
institutions in the emerging highly competitive scenario.
8. Fee Structure (As approved by GC decision no. 56.45)
Accreditation fee: Rs.10,00,00/-(Rupees one lakh only)
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There will be three visits
a. Visit 1: Quality Enabling ‘hand holding’ visit.
b. Visit 2: Quality Accreditation Inspection.
c. Visit3: Rectification of Defects, if any, found in Visit 2
Any additional inspection thereafter will be conducted after remitting an
Additional Accreditation Inspection Fee at the rate of Rs.35,000/- per visit.
9. The Accreditation will be for one year. Thereafter renewal of accreditation
will be made after remittance of fee @ Rs. 35,000/- per inspection.
10.The application fee should be remitted as DD in the name of ‘Finance
Officer, KUHS’
11.Format of Application Form is attached below.
12.Further details may be obtained from the following link
http://14.139.185.154/kuhs_new/images/uploads/pdf/general/New_-
QAS-Hand-book_26.06.2019.pdf
13.The nodal officers trained by KUHS may be assigned the duty of ‘Person
Responsible for QAS implementation’.
14.Please ensure that the details mentioned in the accreditation criteria are
satisfied to the maximum extent possible before you request for an
inspection date
15.All communications are to be addressed to Registrar, Kerala University of
Health Sciences, Medical College P.O. , Thrissur-680596.
Registrar
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Application for KUHS- QAS Registration
1. Name of Institution:
2. Address for Communication:
3. Contact numbers (both landline and mobile)
a. Principal:
b. Nodal Officer QAS
4. E-mail:
a. Principal:
b. Nodal Officer QAS
5. Details of inspection fee remitted:
a. DD No.
b. Bank
c. Date
6. Three preferred dates of Inspection
a. ….
b. ….
c. …
7. Signature of Principal
8. Office Seal