Accreditation of courses

This is the process of reviewing an engineering degree programme to judge whether or not it meets the defined standards set by the Engineering Council. Those programmes that do are awarded accredited status and are listed on the Engineering Council's accredited courses database.  Other non-degree programmes may be approved.

Approval of qualifications and programmes

Some qualifications and programmes are 'approved' by professional engineering institutions rather than accredited.  These are primarily vocational qualifications, for instance NVQs, or programmes such as Advanced Apprenticeships, that are approved for the purposes of EngTech, ICTTech  or IEng registration.

The approval process looks at the overall design, coverage and assessment strategy and seeks evidence that satisfactory quality assurance arrangements are in place.

Approval status is not applied to degree programmes.

Qualifications and programmes are approved for up to five years.