Office of the Chairperson and Commissioner

 Serves as the source of overall direction and guidance to the Commission;

 Formulates policies, standards, plans and programs for the development and reform of Philippine higher
education in a globalized context;
 Formulates policies and guidelines on the generation and allocation of funds for higher education, and
recommends to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the budget of public institutions of higher
learning;
 Deliberates on and resolves critical issues affecting higher education;
 Represents CHED in meetings with the legislative and executive branches of government

Higher Education Development Fund Staff

Intended to make CHED more readily responsive to the needs of its constituencies, especially the higher education
institutions and their development programs, the Higher Education Development Fund was envisioned to be an
autonomous buffer fund that can support CHED’s fiscal independence and adequacy.

International Affair staff

The International Affairs Staff (IAS) is the high-level technical Secretariat that ably assists the CHED Chairperson in
the implementation of education matters involving other countries and international education organizations. This
unit shall be responsible for coordinating and harmonizing, on behalf of the Chair and/or the Executive Director, all
the international dimensions of CHED work that emanate from the respective mandates of the Commission’s
organic units. With three (3) units, the Educational Agreements & International Recognition Unit, Trade in Education
Services Unit, and the Protocol Affairs Unit

Office of the Executive Director

The Office of the Executive Director consists of the Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director, and the staff.
It serves as head of the Commission Secretariat, and is charged with overseeing the overall implementation and
operations of the CHED Central and Regional Offices.
Administrative, Financial and Management Division
The Administrative, Financial and Management Service (AFMS) provides the core of CHED’s operational
service requirements covering human resource management, budgetary allocations, accounting and audit
procedure, record-keeping functions, and general services, and is tasked to effectively provide the critical support
system for the aforementioned operational, financial and administrative requirements. The diverse magnitude and
complex aspects of personnel and funds management require the presence of four (4) divisions, namely: the Budget
Division, the Accounting Division, the Human Resource Management Division (2 Units), and the General Services
Division (4 Units) :

Legal and Legislative Servic

The Legal and Legislative Service (LLS) is the Commission’s prime office to provide the range of legal and
legislative services to support its thrust in becoming a world-class agency fully capable of catapulting the country’s
Higher Education Agenda in the regional and global sphere.
Office of Planning Research and Knowledge Management
Serving as the Commission’s development planning body and chief policy formulator in the area of higher education,
the Office of Planning, Research and Knowledge Management (OPRKM) :

Office of Programs and Standard Development

Primarily in-charge of the enhancement of program quality and standards; the development of corresponding policy
guidelines; and the achievement of transparency, accountability, expediency and integrity in the formulation and
enforcement of PSGs, the Office of Programs and Standards Development

Office of Instructional Quality Assurance and Governance

Assesses, supports and coordinates with private and public HEIs in plans and actions involving consortia, twinning,
partnerships, linkages, between them, and with foreign HEIs;
Assesses, coordinates with and supports public HEIs in their status and functioning as regional university systems or
amalgamated/merged HEIs;

Office of Student Development and Services

Primarily mandated to bring about an expanded and enhanced career and life opportunities for students, in line with
the Constitutional provision on the “vital role of the youth in nation building; the promotion of and protection of their
physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being as well as the inculcation of patriotism, nationalism and
encouragement of their involvement in public and civic affairs

Regional Offices
The Regional Offices are the dynamic and empowered frontline organic units of CHED that adhere to the highest
principles of good governance, accountability, transparency and efficient service to the stakeholders of higher
education. With the most crucial role the CHEDRO’s play in the implementation of the policies and programs of the
Commission and in higher education reform,