The granting of the Autonomous status to NDU is pursuant to CHED Memorandum Order No. 46, Series of 2012 “Policy Standard to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA) in Philippine Higher Education through an Outcomes-based and Typology-based QA as approved by the Commission en banc through Resolution No. 913-2020 and as endorsed by the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, effective from December 7, 2020 to December 7, 2022.
As defined in CMO No. 46, Series of 2012: Autonomous Higher Education Institutions (by Evaluation) “demonstrate EXCEPTIONAL institutional quality and enhancement through internal Quality Assurance systems. . . In particular, they show evidence of OUTSTANDING performance consistent with their horizontal type”.
The following are the Benefits and Responsibilities of Autonomous PHEIs (CMO No. 19 Series of 2016)
