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.