1. What is ISO?

ISO is the world’s largest standards developing organization. Between 1947 and the present day, ISO has published more than 16 500 International Standards, ranging from standards for activities such as agriculture and construction, through mechanical engineering, to medical devices, to the newest information technology developments.

2. What is it for?

ISO launches the development of new standards in response to sectors and stakeholders that express a clearly established need for them.

3. As a student, how can we benefit from this?

4. What are the qualifications/criteria of the ISO Accreditation?

To be accepted for development, a proposed work item must receive the majority support of the participating members of the ISO technical committee which, amongst other criteria, verifies the "global relevance" of the proposed item – this means that it indeed responds to an international need and will eventually be suitable for implementation on as broad a basis as possible worldwide.

5. How does the accreditation administered?

For a document to be accepted as an ISO International Standard, it must be approved by at least two-thirds of the ISO national members that participated in its development and not be disapproved by more than a quarter of all ISO members who vote on it.

6. What are the universities in the Philippines that already passed this accreditation?

Technological institute of the Philippines, Lyceum of the Philippines Batangas, Lyceum-Northwestern University , Philippine Christian University etc.