The Engineering Council sets the overall requirements for the Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) in engineering, in line with the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).
AHEP sets out the standard for degree accreditation. It also outlines the purpose and application process for universities that wish to secure or maintain accreditation of their programmes. The standard for engineering degrees has been developed through consultation with the engineering profession and includes input from employers and academics.
Degree accreditation is undertaken by sector specific professional engineering institutions under licence from the Engineering Council. These institutions interpret the standards as appropriate for their own sector of the profession and use them when deciding whether degree programmes meet the requirements to be awarded ‘Engineering Council accredited degree' status.
Download the fourth edition of AHEP
Click here to download ‘The Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes: Third edition’. All accredited degrees taught from September 2016 should align with this edition
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Visit our publications archive to view earlier editions of AHEP. If the intake date of an accredited degree is earlier than August 2016 it may be aligned with the second edition of AHEP
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Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) third edition collated learning outcomes
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Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) third edition key revisions
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