Accreditation and Licensing

Relationship Between Licensing

and Accreditation
Accreditation is a process in which certification of
competency, authority, or credibility is presented
Licensing is a permit to use something or to allow
an activity to take place
Accreditation is provided to educational programs
A license is provided to individuals

Graduation from an accredited program is often a

condition for licensing
Licensing exams are often based on model curricula of
accrediting bodies

Engineering Accreditation Bodies

Accreditation is provided by many orgs:
Govt, quasi govt, pvt, volunteer.

In some it is regulated by law in others

its a voluntary process with little or no
recognition.
Some are limited to a single country,
others cover wider areas.
http://www.accreditation.org/accrediting-bodies

Engineering Accreditation Bodies

International Organizations/Agreements
International Engineering Alliance (IEA)
6 x Intl Agreements- 3 tertiary quals, 3 competence stds)
The Washington Accord (WA) 1989

UG Engg programs - 4 yrs

15 Full Signatories- Aus, Can, Tai, HK, Ire, Jap, Kor, Mal, NZ, Russia, Sing,

SA,

Sri Lanka, Turkey, UK, USA

5 Provisional Signatories- Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines

The Sydney Accord (SA) 2001 Engg Tech Programs - 3 yrs

The Dublin Accord (DA) 2002 Tertiary Engg programs - 2 yrs

Asia Pacific Economic Coop Engineer Agreement (APEC)
Intl Professional Engrs Agreement (IntPE) Engrs Mob Forum
Intl Engg Technologist Agreement (IntET)

Engineering Accreditation Bodies

International Organizations/Agreements
Network of Engineering Bodies for Engineering
Education in Asia (NABEEA)

Network of respective accreditation bodies in Asia

10 signatories- Kor, Bangla, Thai, Mal, Tai, Sing, Jap,
Pak (2008), Phil, Ind

Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia &

Pacific (FEIAP)
Independent umbrella org for engg institutions in
Southeast Asia
18 Signatories: Aus, China, HK, Indo, Jap, Kor, Mal,
PNGuinea, Phil, Thai, Maur, Sing, Tai, Myanmar, Ind,
Pak(2011), Peru, Timor,

Engineering Accreditation Bodies

National Organizations
USA: Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
http://www.chea.org/Directories/special.asp
Canada: Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB)
UK: Engineering Council
Europe: European Federation of National Engineering
Associations (FEANI)
Japan: Japan Accreditation Board for Engg Edu (JABEE)
Australia/Newzealand: National Engineering Registration Board
India: Institution of Engineers
China: China Engineering Education Accreditation Association
(CEEAA)
Pakistan: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)

Constituted: Statutory body through Parliament Act
1976
Mission: Regulate engineering profession &
engineering education in country
Major functions:

Maintain register of RE, PE, Consulting engrs, constructors,

& operators
Accreditation of engineering qualifications
Ensure/manage continued professional development
Act as think tank for Govt
Promote engineering profession in totality

PEC Major Milestones

Member NABEEA 2008. Hosted GA meeting 2013

Member FEIAP 2011

Provisional membership of IPE 2011

Provisional signatory of WA 2010, full signatory by 2016

Accreditation of Engg Programs (Baccalaureate only):

242 programs (92 institutions, 29 disciplines)-Jun 2012

Registration:

Continuing Professional Development under CPD Byelaws 2008:

RE-56,002, PE-89,487, Consulting- 1,532

78 PEBs, CPD points system, Engg Prof Exam (EPE)

New Accreditation Manual 2014 on Outcome Based

Edu/Accreditation (OBE/OBA)

Engineers
Career
Progression

Continued profession
development
PE
EPE
5 yrs OJT
RE
Graduation

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
(ASEE)
ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education
ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and
Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Design Thinking and Research Symposium (DTRS)
Frontiers in Education (FIE)
IEEE Education Society Annual Global Engineering Education Conference
(EDUCON)
International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER)
International Symposium on Engineering Education and Educational
Technologies (EEET)
International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
Mudd Design Workshop
National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA)
National Conference
Regional Conference on Engineering Education (RCEE, southeast Asia region)
SIGCSE Conference
Socit Europenne pour la Formation des Ingnieurs (SEFI, European Society for
Engineering Education) Annual Conference
Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN) National
Conference
10 Singapore
Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP)

SOCIETIES AND NETWORKS

Academia.edu
ASEAN University Network
American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)
Collaboratory for Engineering Education Research (CLEERhub.org)
Council of Research in Education and Sciences (COPEC) (Brazil)
Design Research Society
European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)
Graduate Engineering Education Consortium for Students (GEECS)
Harvey Mudd Design Workshops
International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE).Pakistan
Association for Continuing Engineering Education (PACEE)??
IEEE Education Society
International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
International Network of Engineering Education and Research (iNEER)
International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP)
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ICLS)
Interactive Knowledge Networks for Engineering Education Research (iKNEER)
Nordic Network in Engineering Education Research
Research in Engineering Education Network (REEN)
Society for Engineering Education of South Africa (SEESA)

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Any QUESTIONS?

Thank you

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