Equivalency question

Privet school in UK.

Accredited by IEE - Institutiom of Electrical Engineers.
BCS - British Computer Society
And other recognized professional accreditations.

All the technology and engineering degrees are accredited by UK EC recognized accrediting institutions.

Is a degree from such a school equivalent to NA or RA degree in USA?

 

Good fences make good neighbours.

Maybe.

 

Most engineering programs in the USA are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and most or all of those ABET accredited programs also have regional accreditation. In the Washington Accord (which you can read more about at the ABET web site certain international engineering accreditors (or equivalent) recognize each other as equivalent. The UK organization that is considered equivalent to ABET is the Engineering Council UK (www.engc.org.uk ).

That being said, if you need to use the degree in the USA you may need to have it evaluated; ABET will do this for engineering degrees.

Gerry Ashton PE

 

Gerry,

thanks for the reply.

What if the person is going to use the degree in Oregon or another state not for licensing, lets say it's in IT filed.


Learner PE

 

I would imagine that if it is located within the UK and the degrees awarded are recognised (It is a listed body) then there should be no trouble with Oregon.

Note that the Washington Accord only covers engineering degrees. Technology degrees are covered by the Sydney Accord

 

The majority of engineers in the USA work in industry and are not licensed, because most states do not require people who design manufactured products to have engineering licenses. This means that there are many industrial companies out there who understad the value of ABET degrees even if (or maybe, especially if) the engineer is not licensed.

If you look for an IT job in a company where there are lots of engineers, a university accredited by a Washington Accord accreditor will probably be looked on favorably, even if it isn't actually an engineering job. If it is strictly an IT company, they will probably understand the university has the equivalent of regional accreditation, but might not understand about professional accreditation.

 

Gerry,

In USA if university is Professionaly accredited than we know that it is also accredited RA.

Is this the same in UK?

Can UK university IT program be accredited professionaly and the university it self not Royal Chartered or accredited by Privy council?

Learner

 

Not necessarily. The ABA will accredit free standing law schools that do not possess regional accreditation. I think Florida Coastal School of Law is one example. The same may apply to other professional accreditors.

 

Yes, there are a few exeptions.

But correct me if I'm wrong majority of Professionaly accredited universities in USA are RA.

My question if the same is in UK.

Were the school is Professionaly accredited but not Royal Chartered?

Learner

 

I don't know if it is possible for a university in the UK to have professional accreditation but something less than the highest form of institutional recognition (royal charter or equivalent).