UTILIZATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ISO 9001:2000 IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING FACULTY OF YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY

As the educational institution, Electrical Engineering Education Department of Engineering Faculty of Yogyakarta State University constantly improves its educational quality, such as by utilizing the Quality Management System (QMS) of ISO 9001: 2000. The problem brought into this paper: how was the utilization of QMS of ISO 9001 : 2000 implemented into the education process in this department especially the period of both 2009 and 2010 concerning to the programmed-quality target, implementation, obstacles, results and its impact? According the discussion on this paper can be concluded include as the following. Quality target in this department: (1) Improving the learning quality; (2) Improving the learning evaluation quality;(3) Improving the academicatmosphere quality; and (4) Improving the academicservices quality. Implementation of quality target: (1) Founding team of target quality and developing of commitments; (2) Dissemination of target quality; (3) implementation of target quality ondaily activities; (4) Controlling ISO recording documents; (5) ISOinternalqualityaudit; and (6) ISOexternal qualityaudit. The main obstacles : (1) The need of sufficient funding; and (2) Commitment and self awareness by some lectures and staffs should be well-improved. The results of the implementation of quality target can classified as good category. Impact of implementing target quality: (1) This department has won the PHKI competitive grant; (2) Electrical Engineering Education Study Program was accredited A category; (3) Students of this department have won Indonesia Robot Championship as the 2nd winner in the Region of Central Java and Yogyakarta; and (4) Some graduates were approved to work in some bona fide company such as PT. Freeport Indonesia, PT. United Tractor and PT. Pertamina