Accreditation Activities

1
Accreditation Activities

• Kurt R. Richter

IEEE EABOutreach Council Chair
Professor emeritusTechnical 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 (gt3 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
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 Civiling
eniør Civilingenjör Diplom-Ingenieur Diplom-Ingeni
eur ETH Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) Diplomi-Insinöör
Doktor-Ingenieur Dottore in Ingegneria Engenheiro
Europa-Ingenieur Ingenieur (grad.) Ingeniør Insinö
öri Ingénieur civil Ingénieur diplomé Ingénieur
industriel
Ingénieur technicien Master of Arts MEng MSc Oklev
eles mérnök Okleveles üzemmérnök Sivilingeniør Tek
nikfræðingur Teknikumingeniør Verkfræðingur
8
Bologna DeclarationJune 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 contd

• 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 contd

• 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 contd

• 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!
• K.richter_at_ieee.org