European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education facts for kids

The European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) started in 2006. It is an organization that helps make sure engineering education is good quality. This is important in Europe and around the world. ENAEE is part of a bigger plan called the Bologna process. This plan aims to make higher education similar across Europe.

Many different groups can join ENAEE. These include groups that check education quality, professional engineering groups, and even student groups.

What ENAEE Does

ENAEE is a group that does not aim to make money. Its main goal is to help improve engineering education for everyone. ENAEE wants to create a common way to check engineering programs across Europe. This helps make sure engineering graduates are well-trained. It also makes it easier for engineers to work in different countries.

To do this, ENAEE created the EUR-ACE label Framework Standards and Guidelines (EAFSG). These are like a rulebook for good quality engineering programs. The rules focus on what students should learn and be able to do. They also look at how schools teach and how quality checks are done. These rules apply to all types of engineering. They help make sure engineers can get jobs and have their skills recognized everywhere.

ENAEE also created the EUR-ACE label. This is a special quality mark for engineering degrees. Programs get this label if they meet the EAFSG rules. By mid-2019, over 2,000 EUR-ACE labels had been given out. These were for Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Europe and other countries.

ENAEE does not give the EUR-ACE label directly to schools. Instead, it checks and approves other agencies. These approved agencies then give the EUR-ACE label to engineering programs. By mid-2019, ENAEE had approved 15 agencies. These agencies have an agreement called the EUR-ACE Accord. This means they trust each other's decisions about which programs are good.

By the end of 2018, more than 2,000 EUR-ACE labels were given to engineering programs. These were in about 300 universities and colleges. They were located both inside and outside Europe.

EUR-ACE Quality Rules

In 2006, ENAEE set up its quality rules, called ESG. These rules help make sure engineering degrees are good quality. They are used in Europe and other countries. The rules do not focus on what is taught in classes. Instead, they focus on what students should know and be able to do when they finish their studies. This is called "learning outcomes."

These outcomes describe the knowledge, understanding, and skills a graduate should have. They are grouped into six main areas:

• Knowledge and understanding
• Engineering analysis
• Engineering design
• Investigations
• Engineering practice
• Transferable skills

The rules were updated in 2014 and published in 2015. This was done to include new experiences and ideas.

How ENAEE is Organized

ENAEE is an international group based in Belgium. It is a non-profit organization. Members of ENAEE are groups interested in engineering education. This includes groups that check the quality of education. There are two types of members: full members and associate members. As of January 2022, ENAEE had 19 full members and 8 associate members.

ENAEE has a General Assembly and an Administrative Council, like many organizations. It also has a special Label Committee (LC). This committee has a person from each approved agency. The Label Committee suggests which engineering programs should get the EUR-ACE label.

ENAEE Presidents

• Giuliano Augusti, Italy (2006 – 2012)
• Iring Wasser, Germany (2012–2014)
• Bernard Remaud, France (2014–2018)
• Damien Owens, Ireland (2019–2022)
• José Carlos Quadrado, Portugal (2023-...)

History of ENAEE

A group called the European Standing Observatory for the Engineering Profession and Education (ESOEPE) started in 2000. Its goal was to make engineering degree checks better in Europe. In 2004, ESOEPE suggested creating a quality mark called the EUR-ACE Label. This label would be given to engineering programs that met certain standards. The European Commission liked this idea and provided money for the project.

The EUR-ACE label became one of six "European quality labels in higher education" supported by the European Commission. ENAEE has also worked on projects to share the EUR-ACE system. These projects helped spread the system in the European Union, Russia, Central Asia, and countries in the South Mediterranean.

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