What is Accreditation?

Accreditation of degree-granting academic programs is intended to provide these programs with a credential. The credential can be used by the programs and their constituencies - the general public, students and prospective students, employers, industry, and governmental bodies - to assess the quality of the program and the extent to which it achieves its own goals as well as agreed-upon educational standards. The process of accreditation also serves to foster self-examination by learning institutions; to develop a dialog between constituents of educational programs on content, methods, and outcomes; and to encourage continuous improvement of academic programs.

Accreditation often plays a role in decisions about enrollment in schools, hiring of employment seekers, and licensing of professionals by governmental bodies. Accreditation of a program is sometimes used as an indicator that graduates of the program received education that qualify them to be employed as professionals at a certain level (e.g., entry level) or to become candidates for a professional license.

In this site we focus on accreditation of academic programs in engineering, engineering technology and computing.

To explore information about IEEE's involvement and support of accreditation worldwide, view this PowerPoint presentation.

			Find an Accrediting Agency Search the list of accrediting agencies to learn more about the organizations around the world that oversee the quality of engineering, computing and technology programs at institutes of higher learning. View the description of each organization to read about their mission, responsibilities and functions.  Find contact information and lists of programs accredited by the organization.

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