LEADS Best practices
Joint European Degree label in Engineering
Type
Certification/Accreditation
Beneficiaries
Private training providers, Public HEI and VET providers
Contacts
- Lucía Linares, Project Manager, UPM
- Ramón Martínez, Project Coordinator, UPM
Context
- Facilitating and harmonising the accreditation of engineering degrees across Europe to redefine the education of engineering, technology and science-oriented degrees.
Action
- Designing a prototype label for European joint degrees, based on a common set of European criteria and compatible with engineering, technology and science oriented degrees.
- Testing the label on identified joint programme candidates.
Challenge
- Delivering recognised and differential Joint Degrees at all levels, including employers.
- Overcoming barriers in national legislations.
- Reluctance of national engineering professional associations to recognize foreign programmes.
Key takeaways
- Use inputs from multiple stakeholders on evaluating the set of criteria and envisioning the long-term application of the label.
- Learn from existing resources, well-known labels and engineering accreditation processes, e.g. EUR-ACE.