A Quality Assurance Unit was established at UHAS in 2016; however, in conformity with current practices in other universities in Ghana, and due to the important role the Unit plays within the University, the Unit was elevated to a directorate and renamed the Directorate of Quality Assurance (DQA) in August 2020. The Directorate is under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and headed by a Senior Member appointed by the Vice-Chancellor. DQA is responsible for the overall management of quality assurance activities at UHAS and functions as the Vice-Chancellor’s secretariat on Quality Assurance issues across the University.