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MÜDEK: Engineering Accreditation Board
Refik Üreyen, Yönetim Kurulu Baþkaný
ARI Teknokent ARI 2 Binasý
A Blok Kat 7 (TTGV Ýst. Temsilciliði Ofisi)
ÝTÜ Ayazaða Yerleþkesi
Maslak, 34469 Ýstanbul
Phone: (212) 276-7560 Dahili 730
Fax: (212) 276-7580
E-mail: refiku@mail.koc.net
Website: www.mudek.org.tr
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Accreditation Process:
MÜDEK is the agency for engineering accreditation in Turkey. In terms of its history, from 1993-2006 45 engineering programs from 5 Turkish universities obtained "substantial equivalency" evaluations from ABET. In 2001, the Engineering Deans Council (MDK) was established, including deans of engineering faculties in state and private universities in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. A task force was formed on the evaluation of engineering education, and in 2002, MDK decided to establish a National Accreditation System for Engineering Education for Turkey. In May 2002, the Engineering Evaluation Board (MÜDEK) was formed by MDK to establish a national system for the accreditation of engineering programs.
The mission of MÜDEK is to "promote and enhance the engineering education by the accreditation of engineering programs, resulting in better educated and qualified engineers in order to advance the welfare of the society." The main objectives are to "promote and enhance the engineering education by the accreditation of engineering programs, resulting in better educated and qualified engineers in order to advance the welfare of the society."
About MÜDEK Program Evaluations:
- Independent, non-governmental
- Voluntary
- Programs apply voluntarily
- Program evaluators serve voluntarily
- Published accreditation criteria (objective, outcomes based)
- Self-assessment (self-study by the institution and programs)
- Peer-review (ad-hoc evaluation teams)
- On-site evaluation visit
- Evaluation rather than ranking
- Periodic re-evaluation (maximum six years)
About MÜDEK Program Evaluators:
- Individuals (from academia as well as from the industry) known for their competency in their specialty areas
- Must attend program evaluator training workshops before serving as evaluators
- Service on voluntary basis
- Current deans of MDK faculties cannot serve as program evaluators
- Teams formed from a pool of evaluators
- Conflict of interest issues addressed prior to the assignment of evaluators to teams
Recent Developments:
- Participated in the EUR-ACE-1 project as an informal partner and provided feedback at several stages of the project
- Joined the current EUR-ACE-2 project as a formal partner
- Became a full member of ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education, established in 2006)
- Was transformed into an association and has gained a "legal entity" status in January 2007
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The decision made by ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education)
Administrative Council to authorize MÜDEK to award EUR‐ACE Label at its meeting held on January 21,
2009, was made public at ENAEE General Assembly held on January 22, 2009. MÜDEK is the 7th agency
authorized by ENAEE to award EUR‐ACE Label.
Current Agenda:
- Holding the first "General Assembly" to approve the By-Laws and Regulations of the association
- Obtaining formal recognition from the Higher Education Academic
- Evaluation and Quality Assurance Commission (YÖDEK) and the Higher Education Council of Turkey (YÖK), as a national agency for accrediting engineering education programs in the country
- Receiving authorization to award the EUR-ACE Q-label
- Establishing mutual recognition agreements with other (non EU) international accreditation agencies (such as ABET)
