On May 19 and 22, 2017, Emilio Aguinaldo College – Manila underwent the Initial Audit by the Auditors from Worldwide Quality Assurance (WQA) Philippines for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System. The implementation of the roadmap to ISO was directed by the school Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Quality Management Representative Dr. Ellen S.N. Salac. In July, EAC was notified by WQA that the school was approved for certification. Administrators and staff were jubilant especially because the journey took almost a full year including many weekends and late evenings.
On May 14, 2018, after fulfilling their civic responsibilities and voting in the elections for barangay officials, the school community from top management to the entry level staff under able leadership of its Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Quality Management Representative Dr. Ellen S.N. Salac reported for the ISO 9001:2008 re-certification and the ISO 9001:2015 initial certification. The sustained commitment of EAC to a culture of continuous improvement came through and the five member WQA audit team findings were only in the area of Opportunities for Improvement. Mr Aristian Putra, the chairman of the audit team, was able to announce that he would be recommending Emilio Aguinaldo College, Manila for certification as ISO 9001:2015 compliant.