Title: Quality assessment and accreditation of engineering programmes: a global outlook

Authors: K.G. Viswanadhan, N.J. Rao

Addresses: NSS College of Engineering Palakkad, Kerala 678008, India. ' CEDT, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012, India

Abstract: While everyone concerned with engineering education agrees that achieving quality standards in education is a worthy undertaking, there is no agreement on the definition of quality standards, let alone how to measure or achieve it. The first step in the description of quality standards, therefore, is to specify the requirements of engineering education. The major issues in this regard are |whose requirements are to be identified|, |who specifies the requirements|, |how are requirements specified| and |what the international considerations are|. This paper discusses these issues and draw attention to the quality standards of various accreditation boards around the world.

Keywords: quality standards; quality assurance; engineering education; programme accreditation; accreditation boards; services; course accreditation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2008.019046

International Journal of Services and Standards, 2008 Vol.4 No.3, pp.344 - 358

Published online: 27 Jun 2008 *

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