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Accrediting Body:
Komisja Akredytacyjna Uczelni Technicznych
Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza
Al. A.Mickiewicza 30
30-059 Kraków
Tel. (0-12) 617 20 04
Fax. (0-12) 623 73 75
Website: www.kaut.agh.edu.pl
Accreditation Process:
The accreditation commission for engineering programs named KAUT (Komisja Akredytacyjna Uczelni Technicznych) was establish by Conference of Polish Universities of Technologies Rectors on 17 February 2001 in Opole. The agreement was signed by 24 rectors of: Bialystok Technical University, University of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow, Cracow University of Technology, Technical University of Czêstochowa, Technical University of Gdañsk, Gdynia Maritime University, Naval University of Gdynia, Silesian University of Technology, Kielce University of Technology, Technical University of Koszalin, Technical University of Lublin, Technical University of Lódz, Technical University of Lódz, Branch in Bielsko-Biala, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Technical University of Opole, Poznan University of Technology, Casimir Pulaski Technical University of Radom, Rzeszów University of Technology, Technical University of Szczecin, Maritime University of Szczecin, Warsaw University of Technology, Technical Military Academy, Wroc³aw University of Technology, and the Technical University of Zielona Góra.
The commission consists of 25 persons, i.e., the 24 delegates from each university and one representative of Conference of Polish Universities of Technologies Rectors. The accreditation procedure may be briefly described by the following steps:
- Application (accreditation procedure starts with at least 5 applicants)
- Standards preparation (definition of accreditation criteria given by experts)
- Preparation of self-assessment report
- Peer Review Committee (4 persons proposed by accreditation commission)
- Peer review visit
- Final report
Accreditation possibilities:
- Five year accreditation
- Conditional accreditation for a two year period
- Non-accreditation
The professional title of engineer is awarded following the completion of 3.5 or 4- year higher professional education courses in technical areas (with exception of architecture and town-planning), agriculture, and forestry and in other fields of study in which technical subjects or subjects related to agriculture and forestry constitute at least 50% of the curriculum in the study program. The title of magister engineer (in the field of engineering) is awarded following the completion of uniform 4.5 or 6-year magister-level courses.
