Accreditation criteria
Guidance for educational programme providers.
Accreditors will look at (but not be limited to) the following issues:
- Learning outcomes, as stipulated in UK-SPEC
- Aims and objectives
- Assessment regulations and progression conditions.
- The structure of the programme, content and industrial input
- Projects and coursework
- Staffing
- Resources and facilities
- Quality Assurance procedures
- External examiner reports
An accredited programme is expected to:
- Motivate students towards the practice of engineering and technology
- Stimulate their learning providing a foundation for a wide range of subsequent study and promotion of lifelong learning
- Contribute to the personal and professional development of students
- Be taught in the context of design, so that design provides an integrating theme that exposes students to a blend of analysis and synthesis
- Present an intellectual challenge, integrating theory with current industrial practice in the context of real engineering applications
- Provide an awareness of the environmental, social, legal, economic, ethical and regulatory contexts within which engineers operate
- Include a strong and effective industrial input
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