Engineering Council

• Setting the standards for accredited engineering degree programmes 
• Maintaining a searchable database of accredited engineering HE programmes (ACAD)
• Licensing professional engineering institutions to accredit degree programmes
• Managing the profession’s joint accreditation function, the ‘Engineering Accreditation Board’
• Collaborating with QAA, which has adopted our standard as the engineering subject benchmark statement  
• Responding to consultations about HE matters, especially where these impact on standards and quality
• Producing a range of resources related to professional registration, to support students, graduates and academics
• Working with partners in other countries to ensure international recognition of accredited programmes.

• The Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) handbook, which sets out learning outcomes and other requirements for achieving accredited programme status
• An ‘Engineering Council Accredited Degree’ logo available in English and Welsh to highlight the accredited status of your degree programmes
• Statements for you to use as part of the Key Information Set (KIS) for each type of accredited degree
• A leaflet explaining the value of accredited status
• Examples of innovative programmes that have secured accredited status
• A leaflet for your students about achieving professional engineer status
• A leaflet about professional registration for teachers and lecturers
• In collaboration with Vitae, material to help researchers make the links between their development as a researcher and achieving CEng status
• In collaboration with the HEA, material to help teachers in HE make the links between achieving professional teaching and professional engineer status
• A periodic free electronic HE Bulletin, available to anyone in HE

If you are new to accreditation please contact either the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB) Secretariat or a professional engineering institution relevant to your subject for advice before completing any submission documentation.

Once you have all the information you need, your accreditation application should be sent to one or more of the professional engineering institutions that have been licensed by the Engineering Council to accredit degree programmes. The institution(s) you choose should be relevant to the area(s) of engineering covered by the course. You can apply for accredited status for Bachelors, Honours, Integrated Masters (MEng) and other Masters degrees such as MScs. Professional engineering institutions may also consider requests to accredit Foundation Degrees and Engineering Doctorates.

Once they have processed your request, the professional engineering institution(s) will carry out an accreditation visit.  Here they will determine whether the course learning outcomes are aligned with the standards for accredited status, as set out in the AHEP handbook. If programmes are being assessed by more than one engineering institution, your accreditation visit may be organised by the Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB).

If your programme is awarded accredited status, the period of accreditation is typically five years, counted from the first-year student intake date of the programme. You must reapply for re-accreditation in good time, ideally at least twelve months before accreditation expires.