Accrediting Bodies

Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) is a professional body that gives Professional Recognition to Technologists and Technicians in related technology and technical fields. It also evaluates the quality and provides accreditation to technology programs in Malaysia through its Technology and Technical Accreditation Council (TTAC). Accreditation of programs is managed in conjunction with the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA), and is voluntary.  As of 2024, MBOT is a full signatory of the Seoul Accord.

The National Accreditation Council of Guyana was been established by an Act of Parliament Act number 12 of 2004 The National Accreditation Act as the principal body in Guyana for conducting and advising on the accreditation and recognition of educational and training institutions, providers, programs and awards, whether foreign or national and for the promotion of the quality and standards of education and training in Guyana.

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. NBA has been a full signatory member of the Washington Accord since 2014.

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.

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 Agenzia QUACING is the recognized accrediting body in Italy and was founded in 2010. Their accreditation 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 announced their first accredited programs, 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.

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.