Teaching tasks, as well as those of knowledge generation developed at the University, require bigger human and material resources, in a more and more demanding environment. Society expects better results with the resources it allocates and so asks for an increasing standard of quality in the teaching offer which can fulfill the students' aspirations, companies needs, society expectations in the frame of an ever changing market.

With that purpose, the Faculty of Enginneering in Bilbao is working in the establishment and development of an Internal Quality Assurance System based on the principles of excellence in management.

From that date on, several activities have been performed (improvement groups, the design of managment processes, the establishment of indicators) which have led to external recognitions.

• ISO 9001 Certification: Certificate of service provision in the area of ​​management of extracurricular internships in companies, and in the exchange of students within the area of ​​international relations (2003-2024).
• ISO 9001 Certification: Certificate of training and evaluation in the official academic degrees of Degree in Nautical and Maritime Transport, Degree in Marine, Master's Degree in Nautical and Maritime Transport, and Master's Degree in Marine (2003-2024).
• EUR-ACE Master Seal (Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, 2019-2025).
• EUR-ACE Master Seal (Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering, 2019-2025).
• EUR-ACE Bachelor Seal (Marine Degree, BEng, 2017-2022).
• IMarEST Certification (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology): Positive evaluation of the Degree in Marine (2017-2027).
• Ekoscan certificate (Ihobe, 2011-2022).
• AUDIT Design Certification (Unibasq, 2019).
• Institutional teaching: Recognition to the Bilbao School of Engineering for its drive, support and results achieved in the Teaching program (UPV/EHU, 2019).
• Implementation of the organization's Carbon Footprint indicator (2015), as a result of the Bilbao Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2020 (Recognition by Bilbao City Council on March 14, 2016).
• Silver Q awarded by the Basque Government, for having achieved a score of over 400 points in the EFQM model (2008).