European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education
Budget
€10 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Verify that engineering educational programmes accredited by participating national authorised Agencies satisfy a common set of standards (EUR-ACE Framework Standards for Accreditation of Engineering Programmes); provide a common European Quality label (EUR-ACE label) to programmes accredited by participating Agencies; thus enhance quality and professional relevance of engineering education. As of November 2017, 17 Accrediting Agencies have been authorized to award EUR-ACE labels: ASIIN, DE; CTI, FR; MUDEK, TR; ZIDEK, TR; EngC, UK; EngineersIreland, IE; Order of Engineers, PT; AEER, RU; QUACING, IT; ARACIS, RO; KAUT, PL; ANECA, Spain; FINEEC, Finland; AAQ, Switzerland; ZSVTS, Slovakia and KazSEE(CAAAE), KZ, IEET, TW. More than 3000 EUR-ACE labels have been awarded at either "Bachelor" or "Master" level.
EU Legislative Interests
Education and training related initiatives (quality assurance), FTAs (MRAs), Erasmus+ programs
Communication Activities
ENAEE Forum 2021 assuring and certifying quality of engineering programmes worldwide EUR ACE CONNECT Forum 2025 focused on networking and cooperation opportunities among EUR ACE accredited programmes from higher education institutions.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
ENTER https://enterprof.org/ Engineers Europe https://www.engineerseurope.com/ SEFI https://www.sefi.be/
Organisation Members
Full members • ENGINEERING COUNCIL UK • CTI – Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur • ASIIN – Fachakkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik e.V. • ORDEM DOS ENGENHEIROS • ENGINEERS IRELAND • AEER – Association for Engineering Education of Russia • MÜDEK – Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs • Instituto de la Ingenieria de Espana • ARACIS – The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education • QUACING – Agenzia per la Certificazione di Qualità e l’Accreditamento EUR-ACE dei Corsi di Studio in Ingegneria • AAQ- Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance • KAUT– Accreditation Commission of Universities of Technology • ZSVTS – Association of Slovak Scientific and Technological Societies • CAAAE – Central Asian Association for Accreditation of Education • ANECA – National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain • FINEEC - Finnish Engineering Education Council • ICACIT - Peruvian Accreditation organisation for engineering, comuting and engineering technology education • IEET - Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan • AAEPO – Agency for accreditation of educational programs and organizations • Acredita CI – Agencia Acreditadora Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile • ZIDEK - National Quality Assurance for Accreditation of Faculties of Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture Turkey • ABET • AAPIA - Accreditation Agency for Engineering and Architecture Programs Associate Members • SEFI – Société Européenne pour la Formation d’Ingénieurs • FIGURE – A Network of French Universities for Engineering • CIAEP – Center for Independent Accreditation of Engineering Programs, UA • TEK – Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers • LACCEI – Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions • CoP_ - Conferenza per l'Ingegneria • Engineers Europe • ENTER • ECEC - European Council of Engineers Chambers
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.