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Akkreditierungsagentur
für Studiengänge der
Ingenieurwissenschaften
der Informatik und
Naturwissenschaften e.V.
ASIIN
Perspectives for Accreditation of Engineering
Programs in Europe –
The „European Accredited Engineer“ – Project
ICEE Conference at the Silesian University
of Technology, 25-29.07.2005
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ASIIN
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Prevailing Conditions of Accreditation in a European/International
Setting
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Impediments for transnational recognition in Europe
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Points of Orientation:
- The FEANI-Index/Register
- The „EUR-ACE“- Projekt
- The European Directive on the Recognition of
Professional Qualifications
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Accreditation in the transatlantic setting – the example of the
„Washington Accord“
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General Context
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Paris
(1998)
Completion of the European Higher Education Area until
2010
Goals: European knowledge society characterized by
high mobillity and permeability, lifelong learning
Recognition of
degrees
in Europe
Promotion of comparability and combatability of degrees:
Two cycle study system, ECTS, adoption of a system of
easiliy readable and comparable degrees, Diploma
Supplement, permeability of study structures
Bologna
(1999)
Promotion of the European Dimension in Higher
Education
Prag
(2001)
Transnational cooperation in the field of quality
assurance :
The EUR-ACE-project, the FEANI-register
ENQA/ECA
Common European Market
The European Directive on the recognition of
professional qualifications :
Goals: freedem of movement of workers, right of
establishment, freedom of services.
Goal: „ A clear, secure and quick system for the
recognition of qualifications in the field of the regulated
professions is required to ensure free movement.“
Declaration of Lisbon, Barcelona: „to make Europe the
most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based
economy in the world.“
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Berlin
(2003)
Bergen
(2005)
The EC institutions and member states should facilitate
employment and the provision of services through
wholesale consolidation of the existing regimes of
professional recognition in the regulated professions.
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The European Union
Facts & Figures (I)
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446 millions of citizens
25 countries
3.971.457,70 qm2
22 languages
25 different HEI systems
and quality assurance
systems
Growing „grey“ HEI
market
Member States (15)
New Members since
01.05.2004
Candidate Countries (3)
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European HEI Qualification
Systems
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The German Diplom System
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The Bologna Modell“
TCD
Doctorate
Postgraduate
Long
SCD
Graduate
FCD
Long
Short
Study Programe
3-4 Years
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Variety of Academic Titles in
Europe for Engineers
Akademiingeniør
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Civilingeniør
Civilingenjör
Diplom-Ingenieur
Diplom-Ingenieur ETH
Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)
Diplomi-Insinöör
Diplomirani Inženir
Doktor-Ingenieur
Dottore in Ingegneria
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Engenheiro
Europa-Ingenieur
Ingenieur (grad.)
Ingeniør
Inginer
Insinööri
Ingeniero Químico
Ingeniero Superior
Ingeniero Técnico
Ingénieur civil
Ingénieur diplomé
Ingénieur industriel
Ingénieur technicien
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Inženyr
Inžinier
Inżynier
Magister Inżynier
Master of Arts
Master of Engineering
Master of Science
Okleveles mérnök
Okleveles üzemmérnök
Sivilingeniør
Teknikfræðingur
Teknikumingeniør
Verkfræðingur
The two types of recognition
systems in Europe
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The Continental
European
Tradition
Having successfully passed an
Engineering study programme at an
institution of higher education qualifies
the graduate to automatically become
an engineer.
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The Anglo-Saxon
Tradition
You must graduate successfully from an
engineering study programme, you then
will have to establish proof of a certain
period of further training on the job and
finally there will be formal test/interview
by two well established collegues.
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The European Landscape: Context for the
development of accreditation schemes
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1.) Characterised by mostly public higher education systems; institutions and programmes derive
their formal degree-awarding capacity from the state. Because of the diversity of both degrees
and institutions, public knowledge about their quality is not sufficient across national borders
and even sometimes within one country.
2.) In some countries the academic degree constitutes the automatic admission ticket to the job
market whereas in others additional prerequisites are demanded to acquire professional status
(e.g. registered engineer)
3.) Degree and institutional diversity is matched by a great variety of national quality assurance
and accreditation systems (some of them are national, others decentralized). There are few
mechanisms in place to recognise the results of an evaluation and accreditation.
4.) Problem of a growing non-official higher education sector and the phenomenon of transnational education with a lack of regulatory codes.
The European Federation of National
Engineering Associations - FEANI
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FEANI is a non-for profit organization concerned with the recognition
of professional engineers in Europe. It unites national associations
from 26 European countries and represents the interests of over 2
million professional engineers.
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FEANI provides the key mechanisam for European Institutions to
resove issues related to the recognition of the professional
qualification of engineers and it awards the pan-European title of
European Engineer (EUR ING) as guarantee of competence for
professional engineers.
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Furthermore it maintains the FEANI-Index, a list of higher education
institutes and the engineering courses, FEANI has recognised as
meeting its standards.
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FEANI Index and Register
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INDEX
List of Schools and Courses accredited by FEANI
9 600
2 600
970
Courses
Disciplines (Course names)
Universities
Register
List of registered EUR INGs
27 000
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Registered European Engineers
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FEANI Standards for the
EUR ING Register
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Formation (U+T+E)
min 7 years
EUR ING
min 2 E
E
Experience
min 3 U
U
T
Education
Training
Engineering
Education
Accredited by FEANI
At age of
18 years
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Engineering
Profession
B
Sec. School
Secondary
Education
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Conditions to become a
EUR-ING
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The formula is: Secondary education + at least 3 years of an engineering education
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in a higher education institution recognized by FEANI) + 2 years (of university
academic work/recognised training programme/validated professional engineering
experience) + two more years of professional experience.
When you graduate from a 3 year university programmes at least 80% of the
content must be in Basis sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, fundamentals of
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electrical engineering) and engineering subjects (Electromechanical Convertors,
Modelling of Processes and Simulations, Sensors and Convertors, ..), if you come
from a four year programme its 70 %, for a 5 year programme its 60%.
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The ratio of Engineering subjects to basis sciences must be within 1-5.
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Members of the European Standing Observatory
for the Engineering Profession and Education
Cluster
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Feani
Engineering
Council
C.T.I
ASII
ESOEPE
O.D.E
SINAI
Founded in Sept, 2000
CNEAA
UACER
SEFI
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RAEE
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The EUR-ACE Project
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To address these problems and to establish a common standard for the
accreditation of engineering programmes and graduates in Europe, the
EUR-ACE Project
has been developed under the auspices of the “European Standing Observatory for
the Engineering Profession and Education” (ESOEPE).
The EUR-ACE Project was officially initiated at a kick-off meeting in London on
September 2-3, 2004. It has a budget of almost EUR 500,000 -- including a grant
of almost EUR 350,000 from the EU-Commission Socrates Programme.
The participating institutions and organisations will within a year develop and test a
common standard for the accreditation of engineering courses in a 5-stage process.
Also, a detailed proposal will be formulated on how to set up and run the system
that must become self-supporting within five years.
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The EUR-ACE Project:
Objectives
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The EUR-ACE project is a contribution to the realisation of the European
Higher Education Area. It aims at setting up a European system for
accreditation of Engineering education, with the following main aims:
 provide an appropriate “European label” to the graduates of the
accredited educational programmes in Europe, while distinguishing between a
first and second study cycle
 improve the quality of educational programmes in engineering
 facilitate trans-national recognition by the label marking
 facilitate recognition by the competent authorities, in accord with the
EU Directives
 facilitate mutual recognition agreements.
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Current Status of the EUR-ACE Project:
Phase 1
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The 14 project partners have agreed on a document describing joint
standards and procedures.
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The document includes output standards for FCD- and SCD programmes.
These standards describe the competences graduates of Bachelor and Master
programmes should have acquired during their studies.
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FCD must be awarded a minimum of 180 ECTS credits, SCD no less than 240
ECTS credits.
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Additional criteria and procedural guidelines (composition of audit team,
duration and structure of the on-site visit, decision-making processes,
standardised rules for the publication of results) for European accreditation
procedures have also been defined.
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The “EUR-ACE Standards and Procedures” were sent to all stakeholders
together with a request to review and comment on the document.
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Current Status of the EUR-ACE Project:
Phase 2
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The first testing phase of the project runs from December 2004 to the end of
February 2005.
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The document “EUR-ACE Standards and Procedures” is currently compared to
national standards and commented upon in more than 20 European countries.
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In some countries, virtual “dummy” accreditation processes are carried out or
actual accreditations on the basis of the “EUR-ACE Standards and Procedures”
prepared.
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In countries where accreditation agencies (for engineering programmes) do
not yet exist, Higher Education Institutions have agreed to have a pilot
accreditation run for one or several of their engineering programmes. Others
will host national work shops to discuss the results of the EUR-ACE Project.
The “EUR-ACE Standards and Procedures” will be revised on the basis of
the results of this first testing stage and subsequently re-tested between
May and October 2005.
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European Directive on the Recognition of
Professional Qualifications (I)
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Precondition: According to article 149 and 150 of the EC-contract the member
states are exclusively responsible for the content and organisation of the
educational system and vocational training in the respective country.
Problem: These national rules may conflict with the freedom of movement, the
freedom of establishment and the freedom of services (Art. 39, 43 and 49 ECcontract), especially in regulated professions. The large number of legal provisions
on professional recognition have lead to a patchwork of intransparent regulations
on the national as well as on the EU level – the engineering profession alone is
regulated by three directives.
Goal: Create a system of recognition of professional certificates of qualification
which is consistent, transparent and more flexible, to be achieved through
specifications on how comprehensive automatic recognition may be facilitated. This
will be a decisive contribution to achieving the goal of flexible markets for labour
and services.
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European Directive on the Recognition of
Professional Qualifications (II)
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Solution: Directive KOKM/2002/119 will reformulate all sectoral and general
directives and integrate them into one common directive. This directive also aims at
simplifying the conditions for cross-the-border provision of services.
Developments in the field of engineering:
Until now: To be allowed to practice a regulated engineering profession, an
application in the host country must be filed which is to be processed within three
months and under consideration of educational levels and language competence.
In the past, national regulations were often interpreted restrictively.
New: To promote the freedom of movement, freedom of establishment and the
freedom of services while ensuring an adequate level of qualification, various
professional associations and organisations have established common platforms
at the European level under which professionals meeting a number of criteria
related to professional qualifications are given the right to carry the professional
title awarded by those associations or organisations. The directive will take these
initiatives into account while promoting a more automatic character of recognition
under the general system.
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The members of the
Washington Accord
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Members :
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Australia (Institution of Engineers, Australia)
since 1989
New Zealand (Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand)
since 1989
Canada (Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board
of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers)
since 1989
South-Afrika (Engineering Council of South Africa)
since 1999
Hong Kong (Hong Kong Institution of Engineers)
since 1995
United Kingdom (Engineering Council)
since 1989
Irland (Institution of Engineers of Ireland)
since 1989
USA (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
since 1989
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ASIIN
The Washington Accord
Dublin IoEI
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London EC
Düsseldorf ASIIN
Ottawa CCoPE
Baltimore ABET
Tokio JABEE
Hong Kong IoE
Members
Provisional Member
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Johannesburg ECSA
Canberra IoE
Wellington IoPE
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Further international activities of ASIIN:
The participation in the 6 x 4 EULAC project
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This project is based on a strategic alliance between Latin America/The
Caribbean and Europe dating from 1999. In summer of 2004 the
equivalent of the Bologna Higher Education Area was founded in the city
of Merida for the countries in Latin and South America. In the 6 x 4
EULAC-project many HEIs have consented to practice transnational
cooperation with regard to 6 study field and 4 axes (professional
competences, academic credits, evaluation and accreditation, training)
Contributions of ASIIN: assistance in the creation of an accreditation
council and an accreditation agency for engineering programs in Central
America. Participation in the EULAC project (Accreditation of Electrical
Engineering Projects).
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Additional Information
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• http://www.asiin.de
• http://www.feani.org
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