1. International Symposium organized by the Russian Association for Engineering Education in Moscow, May on:
„Entrepreneurial University and Entrepreneurial Education: Models, Experiences , Perspectives“
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

2. The ESOEPE
European Networks for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Engineering Education:
The case of the „European Standing Observatory for the Engineering Profession and Education“
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

3. The internationalisation of quality assurance procedures
1. First, the rapidly advancing globalization and internationalisation of higher education implies the need to internationalise quality assurance procedures to a certain extent; it also means that internationalisation more and more becomes a standard criterion for accreditation, evaluation and allocation of resources at home.
2. Second, in the specific European context we can simply not igore that we are all part of the Bologna process, which is inspired by the vision of putting into place a common “European Higher Eduation Area” by the end of this decade.
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

4. Content of the Bologna Declaration of June 19th 1999:
adoption of a system based on two main cycles, undergraduate and graduate, the first degree being relevant to the European labor market as appropriate level of qualification, the second leading to a MA or Ph.D. degree
adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable degrees, implementation of diploma supplements to promote European citizens employabilty and the competitiveness of the European higher education system
establishment of an ECTS system to facilitate student mobility
promotion of European co-operation in quality assurance with a view to developing comparable criteria and methodologies
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

5. The Assignment of the Bologna Declaration
improve the readability and comparability of European degrees in order to facilitate academic and professional mobility and promote the European higher education area.
secure and improve the quality of the study programs under review and to increase Europe´s attractiveness to international students thereby promoting international exchange
preserve institutional autonomy within a common European framework of recognition and quality assurance
Given this commonality of interests one would not assume to many difficulties or obstacles in proceeding. The contrary is true.
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

6. The European context for the development of accreditation schemes
1.) Characterised by mostly public higher education systems; institutions and programmes derive their formal degree-awarding capacity from the state. Because of the diversity of both degrees and institutions, public knowledge about their quality is not sufficient across national borders and even sometimes within one country.
2.) In some countries the academic degree constitutes the automatic admission ticket to the job market whereas in others additional perequisites are demanded to acquire professional status (e.g. registered engineer)
3.) Degree and institutional diversity is matched by a great variety of national quality assurance and accreditation systems (some of them are national, others decentralized). There are few mechanisms in place to recognise the results of an evaluation and accreditation.
4.) Problem of a growing non-offical higher education sector and the phenomenon of transnational education with a lack of regulatory codes.
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

7. European Networks for Quality Assurance and Accreditation
European Network for Accreditation
cross-
disciplinary
European Network for Quality Assurance
International Network of QAA (+ CEE)
ESOEPE
field
specific
TUNING Projects
European Quality Improvement Systems
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

8. Members of the ESOEPE ESOEPE Feani Cluster Engineering Council C.T.I
ASIIN
ESOEPE
O.D.E
SINAI
CNEAA
UACER
E 4
SEFI
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

9. Founded in September 2002, we have joined our forces:
The role of the ESOEPE
Founded in September 2002, we have joined our forces:
to facilitate the free exchange of information and provide an effective communication channels.
to provide such information as already exists within each country on topics and issues connected with educational and professional engineering standards.
to encourage participation by relevant bodies in as many European countries as possible, all on an equal basis, to facilitate thoughout Europe the develoment of good practices of endorsement/vali-dation/accreditation
to facilitate voluntary agreements on accreditation of engineering educational programmes and recognition of engineering qualifications
and to facilitate the development of standards on the competence requirements of graduate engineers.
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

10. Permanent Steering Group
ESOEPE Permanent Secretariat: Mr. P. Wauters, FEANI
Mr. F. Tailly, CTI
Dr. I. Wasser ASIIN
Prof. G. Augusti SINAI
Prof. Ferreira LEMOS, O.D.E.
Prof. Ernest SHANNON, The Engineering Council
Denis McGRATH, The Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Mr. A. Pugh The Engineering Council
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

11. Permanent Steering Committee of ESOEPE
The EOAEE-Project of the ESOEPE applied for to the European Commission for the period
The EOAEE: European Observatory on Accreditation of Engineering Education
Permanent Steering Committee of ESOEPE
Global Project Management: FEANI
Mr. P. Wauters, FEANI
Work Package 1
Work Package 2
Work Package 3
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

12. European Observatory on Accreditation of Engineering Education [EOAEE]
EOAEE will be a unique platform for studying the challenges posed by trans-national accreditation and for collectively exchanging best-practise examples on accreditation. It will be the nucleus of a „European Accord“, in the framework of which we come to an agreement concerning the substantial equivalency of our European accreditation systems and the engineering education programs accredited by them.
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

13. Leonardo Da Vinci Project: European Observatory on Engineering Education EOAEE
Work Package 1
Project Management
EOAEE Website
Dissemination
Work Package 2
Accreditation and Good Practice
Work Package 3
Transparency and Convergence of European Engineering Degrees
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

14. Work-Package 1 EOAEE website and dissemination
Promoters
FEANI + SEFI
Projects and Goals
The EOAEE website will be developed as the main facility for storing and disseminating information on European accreditation through the Internet while offering interactive facilities (tools: calender of events, forum with secure access, databases, search tools by keywords, list of documents)
Static Pages containing details of ESOEPE/PSC members, lists of contacts, legal information. Databasis will be in place with details of (accredited) engineering schools and programs (
Forum section: will enable discussion groups interested in specialized subjects to be formed. This will encourage discussions on topics where there are significant differences in national philosophy and practice.
The European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) will be in charge of running the database
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) will offer the access to its database of institutional members (250 institutions of higher engineering education in 42 European countries + multiple associations and companies)
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

15. Work-Package 1 EOAEE Website and Dissemination
Promoter
FEANI + SEFI
Expected Outcomes
An international network will by in place by the year 2007 that will provide good information on higher engineering education and quality assurance systems in Europe to the interested partners (national accreditation agencies, members of the higher education sector for engineers, national and international employers, national associations of professional engineers, students and student organizations)
a platform will be institutionalized to get in contact with the right organizations to get information on events / training sessions and so forth
the methodology of this website (collection of information, dissemination, comparable data bases and so forth will be taken as an example by other disciplines).
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

16. Work-Package 2 Accreditation and Good Practice
Promoters
ASIIN (+ O.D.E., EC, IEI)
Projects and Goals:
Accreditation experts + peers + auditors within each participating nation have to be identified in order to act as champions of good accreditation
Creation of a European data-base of multilingual peers, to which all interested target groups have access
Formation of European peers familiar with cross-national criteria and accreditation procedures (series of work shops with broad participation)
Establishment of multi-national peer groups for trans-national accreditation exercises
Publications: „State of the art of Accreditation in Europe - New Trends for Accreditation of Engineering degree programs in the future
„European Accord Meeting“ at the end of the project (consideration of substantial equivalency in accreditation“ and consideration of the feasibility for a system of mutual recognition in Europe similar to the model of the Washington Accord)
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

17. Work-Package 2 Accreditation and Good Practice
Promoter
ASIIN (+ O.D.E., EC, IEI)
Expected Outcomes:
By 2007 we will have established a permanent network of accreditation bodies for engineering education in the EU. We will have increased confidence in third party accreditation/fostered the co-ordination and harmonization of accreditation procedures/ identified and documented good practice and supported their introduction in other European countries.
As a result of the project the content and outcome of European engineering degrees will have become more transparent and convergence between the systems of education and accreditation within the EU will have improved. This will have a significant impact on the transferability of degrees and the mobility of graduate engineers (European Accord?)
Implementation of a harmonised European higher education area by 2010
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

18. CPFII (+ SEFI, ASIIN, CTI, EC, TUCEB)
Work-Package 3 Transparency and Convergence of European Engineering Degrees
Promoters
CPFII (+ SEFI, ASIIN, CTI, EC, TUCEB)
Projects and Goals:
tackle the problem of transparency of content and outcomes of European engineering degrees by fitting all engineering programs (including those in the FEANI index) in a FCD, SCD, TCD Scheme.
Putting this scheme in relation with requirements for professional registration and licence
Gathering information on the credit points required in engineering study programs (identifying shares of contact hours, credits and workload by groups of subjects). While the main idea of a credit point system is transferability of studies, it can be used as a tool for comparing the content of programs, if not their quality.
Development of a European Credit Accumulation System with additional descriptors such as the level of the course unit, type of relation of the course unit to the discipline itself, marks.
Development of a European Diploma Supplement
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

19. Work-Package 3 Transparency and Convergence of European Engineering Degrees
Promoter
FEANI + SEFI
Expected Outcomes:
Establishment of a data base with all necessary indicators to identify the status and quality of post-secondary and vocational engineering program and specifically on arrangement, practices and various approaches to the accreditation of engineers competences and professional qualifications.
Existence of a European Credit Accumulation System with meaningful descriptors
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

20. Typical Options for Higher Education Systems in Europe
Short** Integrated** Fully Consecutive* Graduate school*
Doctorate
-3 Years
Postgraduate (Third Cycle Study)
3-4 years
Long Doctorate
4-5 years
TCD
SCD
Graduate
(Second Cycle) Study
1-2 years
Long
Study Programme
ca. 5 years
FCD
Short
Study Programs
3-4 Years
Undergraduate (first cyle) study
3-4 years
Undergrade (first Cycle) Study
3-4 years
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

21. Members of the ESOEPE ESOEPE Feani Cluster Engineering Council C.T.I
ASIIN
ESOEPE
O.D.E
SINAI
CNEAA
UACER
SEFI
E 4
RAEE?
Dr. I. Wasser
Moskau,

22. History of the Organization
Accreditation Agency for Study Programs in
Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics (ASIIN)
July Founding of the ASII
June ASII accredited by the German Accreditation Council
Sep Founding of the ESOEPE*
Dec Adoption of the ASII-Requirements and procedural principals of accreditation
Nov M.O.U. with the ABET
Jan Revision of the ASII Requirements
April Adoption of the field-specific criteria
Sept Expansion of the agency: by creating a comission for the natural sciences (ASIIN)
July Provisional Membership to the Washington Accord
Dr. I. Wasser
* The European Standing Observatory for the Engineering Profession and Education

23. Accreditation Commission I Accreditation Commission II
Organizational structure of the ASIIN
Chief Executive Officer
ASIIN Headquaters
administrates
appoints
ASIIN-Board
12 Persons
appoints
Accreditation Commission I
(engineering & Informatics)
Accreditation Commission II
(natural science & mathematics)
on recommendation of Technical Committees appoints
on recommendation of Technical Committees appoints
every member group nominates 3 representatives to the Board
appoints
appoints
Technical Committees
1/3 representatives from universities/universities of applied science, industry respectively
Technical Committees
1/3 representatives from universities/universities of applied science, industry respectively
ASIIN General Assembly
Coordination group of German (technical) universities
Coordination group of German universities of applied science
Industrial federations and umbrella organisations of trade unions‘ organisations
Technical and scientific associations and professional organizations
propose
propose
Audit-teams
Audit-teams
Dr. I. Wasser