COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) established the Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) to introduce and implement the procedures and systematic standards by the guide line of HEC for monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met.

HEC has design the Self-assessment Manual. This manual also gives eight major criterion subdivided into related standards to be achieved. The Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) is aggressively working in this direction for developing policies and procedures.

Assessment is a systematic process of gathering, reviewing and using important quantitative and qualitative data and information from multiple and diverse sources about educational programs, for the purpose of improving student learning, and evaluating whether academic and learning standards are being met. The process culminates when assessment results are used to improve student learning. A successful assessment program includes the following: