Accrediting Bodies

The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain, ANECA, is a autonomous body whose aim is to provide external quality assurance for the Spanish higher education system and to contribute to its constant improvement through evaluation, certification and accreditation.

The National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India was initially established by AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) in 1987, for periodic evaluations of technical institutions and programs. NBA has a process, parameters and criteria which are in line with the best international practices and oriented to assess the outcomes of the program. NBA has an outcome-based process of accreditation and the process is voluntary, and is fee based.

The National Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU) is a decentralized agency based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Argentina's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. CONEAU was established to foster improvements of the university education in Argentina. Its institutional mission is to ensure and improve the quality of university degrees and institutions that operate in the Argentine university system through activities for the evaluation and accreditation of the quality of university education.

NOKUT (the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education) is an independent expert body under the Ministry of Education and Research. Its purpose is to control and develop the quality of Norwegian higher education institutions through the evaluation, accreditation and recognition of quality assurance systems, institutions and education programmes. When program accreditation or recognition has been granted, it is valid until NOKUT revokes, or the institution itself withdraws from the process.

The Pakistan Engineering Council's main statutory functions include registration of engineers, the accreditation of engineering programmes offered by universities orinstitutions, managing of continuing professional development, assisting the Federal Government as a "think tank", establishing standards for engineering products and services, and safeguarding the interest of its members.

The PCS Information and Computing Accreditation Board (PICAB) was formed by the Philippine Computer Society (PCS), the oldest IT professional organization in the country and the second oldest in Asia. PCS is responsible for accreditation of computing programs in the Philippines using an outcomes-based system for computing and information technology education at the bachelor level.

The Philippines Technological Council is an umbrella organization of thirteen professional engineering organizations in the Philippines which each represent a specific engineering field of practice. Its Accreditation and Certification Board for Engineering and Technology focuses on the process of accrediting programs, to promote the continuous quality improvement of an engineering program and provide thresholds of quality assurance for accreditation.

The Accreditation Commission of Universities of Technology (Komisja Akredytacyjna Uczelni Technicznych - KAUT) was establish by the Conference of Polish Universities of Technology in 2001 to enhance the quality of education at Polish technical universities. The Commission has established clear procedures for assessing the learning conditions and teaching methods of study programmes, the creation of conditions facilitating national and international exchange of students, and the promotion engineering degree programmes that meet high standards of quality.

The Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) is the entity responsible for the accreditation of engineers and engineering courses in Portugal. It has a goal to foster the development of education and training in engineering and participate in the evaluation of courses that give access to the profession. The organization supports an Admission and Qualification Council comprised of experts in the various fields of engineering to develop processes and oversee program accreditation.

The Agenzia QUACING is the recognized accreditation body for Italian engineering programmes, founded in 2010. Their criteria is based on the EUR-ACE label model. QUACING is a Full Member of ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education)and in 2012 the first accredited programs were announced which were also granted the EUR-ACE label.

The Swedish Higher Education Authority evaluates all degree programs in Sweden. The objectives of UKÄ’s reviews are to assess the performance of the study programmes and contribute to the HEIs’ work with quality improvements in higher education and research. The aim of programme evaluations is to monitor the programmes’ outcomes and to contribute to the higher education institution’s own quality improvements for the reviewed programmes.

In 2019, the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board (CTAB), which was an original signatory to the Dublin and Sydney Accords  was successfully merged with Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC). Current and past CTAB Accreditations, programs and related services are now provided exclusively by TAC.

The Thailand Accreditation Board of Engineering Education (TABEE) is a non-profit organization founded as an autonomous part of the Council of Engineers Thailand (COET). Since its founding, TABEE had been working closely with Thailand educational institutions, government and private sectors to develop the program accreditation system and promote outcome based program accreditation in Thailand.  In 2019, COET became a provisional signatory of the Washington Accord.

The accreditation, certification and quality assurance institute ACQUIN is a registered association with recognized non-profit status. In addition to more than 150 universities in Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Egypt, Mongolia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lebanon, its members also include scientific professional associations.

The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) was established in 2005 and is an autonomous public institution, of national interest, whose main mission is the external evaluation of the Romanian higher education’s quality, at the level of study programmes, as well as from the institutional point of view. ARACIS’ mission is to carry out the quality external evaluation of education provided by higher education institutions and by other organisations providing higher education study programmes, which operates in Romania.

The Uganda National Council for Higher Education provides accreditation of both universities and their programs leading to the award of bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, doctoral degrees, postgraduate diplomas and certificates, diplomas and certificates. Programs are reviewed for renewal at set intervals.