At SEIUM, quality is not seen as an external badge or an administrative formality, but as a comprehensive system of excellence that spans teaching and applied research, data management, and engagement with companies and international organisations. Our commitment is reflected in international certification and accreditation standards, ensuring that every student, researcher, and industry partner can trust the validity, security, and reproducibility of our results.
Accreditations and Quality (SGI)
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Accreditations and Quality (SGI)
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ISO/EN 9100 – Aerospace quality management applied to education and R&D
It has adopted the EN 9100 standard (based on ISO 9001 but with aerospace-specific requirements) as a reference framework for managing academic programmes and industrial research projects.
Requirements-based management: every academic programme and every industry project is tracked from initial requirements through to delivered evidence, with full traceability.
Risks and opportunities: we apply systems engineering methods (FMEA, FTA) to identify risks such as curriculum misalignment, technological obsolescence, or regulatory non-compliance.
Change management: every curriculum update, new laboratory infrastructure, or evolution in testing methods goes through documented control, ensuring consistency.
Management review: quality indicators (employability, satisfaction, research KPIs) are reviewed annually and publicly through a transparent process.
Conclusión
Adopting EN 9100 does not only mean managing processes rigorously; it also means training students in a culture of quality and safety by design, the same one they will find in leading aerospace, automotive, or energy companies.
EN ISO/IEC 17025 – Technical competence in SEIUM laboratories
Our accreditable laboratories follow EN ISO/IEC 17025, which certifies technical competence in testing and calibration.
Every laboratory result at SEIUM has a traceability chain to national and international standards.
The reports include clear uncertainty estimates, ensuring that any data can be used by industry or regulators with full confidence.
Each new test or procedure is validated for repeatability, reproducibility, and technical suitability before being incorporated into the accredited scope.
SEIUM laboratories regularly participate in interlaboratory exercises, aligning their results with those of global reference centers.
This means that student internships, theses and industrial projects are not developed in a “simulated” environment, but in an ecosystem of laboratories with real technical validity, operating under globally recognized standards.
Academic partnerships – quality across a global network
Quality at SEIUM is also built through an international network of academic and industry partners. These agreements are supported by MoUs with quality annexes, where the following are defined.
Credit, outcomes, and methodology mapping between SEIUM and the partner institution.
Final projects developed under joint supervision by SEIUM faculty and experts from the partner institution.
Shared 17025 protocols that enable joint testing and validation across different countries, ensuring consistency.
Integrated pathways that ensure academic equivalency and quality in the student experience.
It is not limited to “offering partnerships”; it ensures that every collaboration is held to academic and technical quality standards, with cross-audits and success metrics (employability, joint projects, publications, industrial impact).
SEIUM publishes a Quality and Accreditation Report, with indicators of academic, research, laboratory and sustainability performance.
There are semi-annual internal and external audits, including reviews of compliance with EN 9100, accredited methods 17025 and academic partnerships.
The audit results are turned into corrective actions and improvement plans, with responsible parties, deadlines and follow-up, which are visible to the community and partners.