Surveillance Audit by SIRIM

SIRIM conducted the ISO 9001: 2015 Surveillance Audit for UTAR Division of Finance (DFN) and M. Kandiah Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MK FMHS) on 23 and 24 February 2023 at Sungai Long Campus.

Seated, middle: Prof Faidz with SIRIM delegates and UTAR staff

The delegation from SIRIM consisted of Audit Team Leader Muhammad Fadhlullah bin Rahmat, Auditor Noor Kamasahliza binti Md Sahair and Observer Fauziah binti Sulaiman.

Welcoming the delegates at the opening meeting were UTAR Vice President for R&D and Commercialisation Prof Ts Dr Faidz bin Abd Rahman and ISO Management Review Committee Members, which was consisted of Vice President for Internationalisation and Academic Development Ir Prof Dr Goi Bok Min, MK FMHS Deputy Dean for Student Development and Industrial Training Assoc Prof Dr Leong Pooi Pooi representing MK FMHS Dean Academician Emeritus Prof Dr Cheong Soon Keng, Registrar Loh Siaw Yien, DFN Director Loh Lee Mooi, Division of Human Resource (DHR) Director Marchie Lim Pin Sim, Division of Academic Quality Assurance and Audit (DQAA) Dean Ir Prof Dr Rajkumar Durairaj, and Division of Strategy and Performance Measurement (DSPM) Senior Manager Dr Yue Jing Wen representing DSPM Director Prof Dr Zuraidah binti Abd Manaf.

Also present were DQAA Department of Internal Audit Head Tang Woon Siew, DQAA Assistant Managers Muhammad Faris and Najihah Jaafar, MK FMHS Deputy Dean for Academic Development and Undergraduate Programmes, MK FMHS Department of Pre-Clinical Sciences Head Assoc Prof Dr Ong Hooi Tin, MK FMHS Senior Assistant Manager Goh Siew Yoke and DFN Senior Assistant Manager Dhen Siew Ping. They were also joined by other MK FMHS and DFN staff, and heads of departments of support departments via Microsoft Teams.

The meeting began with a welcome speech by Prof Faidz, who welcomed the auditors on behalf of UTAR. It was followed by the presentation of UTAR’s corporate video to give the auditors a quick introduction about UTAR as well as its development. Next, Prof Rajkumar was invited to give a brief about the changes made to the Quality Management System since the previous audit.

UTAR received the ISO9001:2015 certification from SIRIM on 7 May 2018 for the provision of medical and health sciences educational services for undergraduate levels and the provision of financial management services. As part of the requirement, a recertification audit is conducted by SIRIM every three years. In addition, a yearly surveillance audit is also conducted by SIRIM.

About SIRIM

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. It is an agency under the purview of The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality.