1. Accreditation Activities
Kurt R. Richter
IEEE EAB Outreach Council Chair
Professor emeritus Technical University Graz Austria
Belgrade, November 2002

2. Content Educational Systems in Region 8
“Bologna Declaration” and its implementation
Examples of accreditation procedures
IEEE and EAB CGAA activities in Region 8

3. Engineering Education (Universities)
Anglo-American System
Bachelor (3-4 yrs)  Master (1-2 yrs)  PhD
“German” System
Diploma Engineer (4.5-5 yrs)  PhD (>3 yrs)
“French” System
“Russian” System
Diploma Engineer (5 yrs)  Dr. univ.  candidate of academy  doctor of academy

4. French System (FEANI)

5. French Degrees Age No. National term 18 3 Baccalauréat
20 4 Brevet de Technicien Supérieur (BTS)
20 5 Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (DUT)
20 6 Admission au concours d'entrêe des Grandes Ecoles
20 7 Diplôme d'Etudes Universitaires Générales (DEUG)
22 8 Maitrise Universitaire
23 9 Diplôme d'Ingénieur

6. Memberstates of the EU are underlined
Countries (Sections)
Anglo-American System
Cyprus, Egypt, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK
German-Russian System
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Finland Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Rep. of Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
French System
France
Memberstates of the EU are underlined

7. Academic Degrees in Europe
Akademiingeniør
Bachelor of Arts
BEng
BSc
Civilingeniør
Civilingenjör
Diplom-Ingenieur
Diplom-Ingenieur ETH
Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)
Diplomi-Insinöör
Doktor-Ingenieur
Dottore in Ingegneria
Engenheiro
Europa-Ingenieur
Ingenieur (grad.)
Ingeniør
Insinööri
Ingénieur civil
Ingénieur diplomé
Ingénieur industriel
Ingénieur technicien
Master of Arts
MEng
MSc
Okleveles mérnök
Okleveles üzemmérnök
Sivilingeniør
Teknikfræðingur
Teknikumingeniør
Verkfræðingur

8. Bologna Declaration June 19, 1999
“The Bologna Declaration is a pledge by 29 countries to reform the structures of their higher education systems in a convergent way”
Austria, Belgium (French community), Belgium (Flemish community), Bulgaria, Czech, Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Swiss Confederation, United Kingdom.
Member States of the European Union are underlined

9. Bologna Declaration
a set of specified objectives: (deadline: to be completed in 2010)
- the adoption of a common framework of readable and comparable degrees, “also through the implementation of the Diploma Supplement”;
- the introduction of undergraduate and postgraduate levels in all countries, with first degrees no shorter than 3 years and relevant to the labour market;
- ECTS-compatible credit systems also covering lifelong learning activities;
- a European dimension in quality assurance, with comparable criteria and methods;
- the elimination of remaining obstacles to the free mobility of students (as well as trainees and graduates) and teachers (as well as researchers and higher education administrators).

10. Transition Problems
Program structures for the first professional degrees
Bachelor and Diploma programs in parallel
“Fachhochschule” versus university
Language
e.g. Europe = 40 countries + 32 main languages

11. Accreditation Systems
Example Austria:
Public Universities
programs, developed by the universities and accepted by the Federal Ministry
Private Universities
Austrian Accreditation Council
Institutional Accreditation, including the accreditation of programs
Fachhochschulen
The ”Fachhochschul-Council” (3 Austrian, 5 international)
Accreditation of programs

12. Accreditation Activities
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Engineering Accreditation (EAC)
Technology Accreditation (TAC)
Computing Accreditation (CAC)
Substantial Equivalency
Global Accreditation Workshops
Regions 8, 9, 10

13. Accreditation Activities
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Engineering Accreditation (EAC)
Technology Accreditation (TAC)
Computing Accreditation (CAC)
Substantial Equivalency
Global Accreditation Workshops
Regions 8, 9, 10

14. IEEE EAB Committee on Global Accreditation Activities

15. Potential Activities
Organize and conduct regional accreditation workshops
When invited
Work with government agencies, national societies and/or IEEE sections to establish accreditation systems and accrediting bodies

16. Potential Activities – cont’d
Coordinate IEEE participation in ABET international activities including
Identifying and screening potential ABET international program evaluators
Supporting participation of IEEE volunteers in ABET international consultation visit and ABET substantial equivalency visits

17. Potential Activities – cont’d
Organize local focused workshops
for representatives from government, academe and industry who may participate in accreditation development
Provide assistance in
Developing the structure of the body,
Developing criteria
Training team chairs and program evaluators

18. Potential Activities – cont’d
Coordinate IEEE participation in accreditation activities with existing accrediting organizations worldwide
Provide program consultations to programs in Regions 8, 9, and 10

19. International Accreditation Workshops
IEEE Region 8 Workshops
Berlin (1999)
Region 8 officers and Section chairs
Bratislava (2001)
Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia

20. Thank you!