The Comparative Investigation into Undergraduate Graduation Requirements of Engineering Program for International Accreditation

Abstract

: The undergraduate graduation requirements of various undergraduate engineering programs play the key role of connecting training purpose and curricula in the accreditation of such programs. Formulated in 2015, the accreditation criteria of the China Engineering Education Accreditation Association (CEEAA) , are mainly based on the 2013 version of the Washington Accord(WA), which was significantly revised in 2021. The Undergraduate Program Outcomes developed by the European Engineering Education Accreditation Network (ENAEE) are also advantageous. The revision of undergraduate graduation requirements for the CEEAA are proposed from four perspectives of specific types of problem solution, risk response, knowledge application, and capability, through a respective comparison between the new and old edition of the undergraduate program outcomes of ENAEE, the undergraduate attributes of WA, and the undergraduate graduation requirements of CEEAA, and through a comparison between the new edition of undergraduate program outcomes of ENAEE and the new edition of undergraduate attributes of WA.