What is the Washington Accord?

The Washington accord is an agreement between selected governing bodies around the World that provide engineering degree accreditation. It provides assurance that if your engineering degree is awarded by one of its members, your degree is then recognised by all other members in the Washington Accord. For example if your degree is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (India) then it is also recognised by ABET (United States). See the full list of current members of the Washington Accord below:

• Australia – Represented by Engineers Australia (1989)
• Canada – Represented by Engineers Canada (1989)
• Chinese Taipei – Represented by Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (2007)
• Hong Kong China – Represented by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (1995)
• India – Represented by National Board of Accreditation (2014)
  (Applies only to programmes accredited by NBA offered by education providers accepted by NBA as Tier 1 institutions.)
• Ireland – Represented by Engineers Ireland (1989)
• Japan – Represented by Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (2005)
• Korea – Represented by Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (2007)
• Malaysia – Represented by Board of Engineers Malaysia (2009)
• New Zealand – Represented by Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (1989)
• Russia – Represented by Association for Engineering Education of Russia (2012)
• Singapore – Represented by Institution of Engineers Singapore (2006)
• South Africa – Represented by Engineering Council of South Africa (1999)
• Sri Lanka – Represented by Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (2014)
• Turkey – Represented by MUDEK (2011)
• United Kingdom – Represented by Engineering Council UK (1989)
• United States – Represented by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (1989)

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