China Becomes The Eighteenth Official Member Of The Washington Accord

It is reported that the Ministry of Education Information Office "micro language education" micro-blog just announced that the news from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the June 2, 2016 International Engineering Alliance conference "Washington Agreement" plenary meeting passed China's application for approval, and China became the eighteenth official member of the Huasheng agreement. This marks the international recognition of the quality of Engineering Education in China, and engineering education. Internationalization Important steps have been taken.

Wu Yan, director of the higher education and teaching evaluation center of the Ministry of education, said in an interview with people's network in April 12th this year, "the Washington group's expert group on China inspection has provided reports and recommended acceptance. China As a full member. "

"At the end of May this year and early June, we will formally apply for this application at the International Conference on Engineering Education Alliance, namely, the plenary meeting of the Washington Agreement." Wu Yan said.

According to Wu Yan, nearly all developed countries with higher education in the world are in this organization. Since 2006, we have started the work of certifying China's engineering education. In March this year, the Washington Accord sent an expert inspection team to conduct a systematic inspection of China's engineering education accreditation. In an expert report released to members of various organizations in March, it formally put forward the quality standards, accreditation standards, accreditation procedures and organizational structure of China's engineering education, which fully met the standard of the full membership of the Washington Accord, and recommended that all organizations recognize the quality of certification in China.

It is reported that Washington Accord "Is one of the most authoritative and influential mutual recognition agreements in engineering education in the world. Its purpose is to promote the mutual recognition of engineering degrees and the international mobility of engineering and technical personnel through the multilateral accreditation of engineering education. Mutual recognition of engineering degree is realized through mutual recognition of engineering education accreditation system and engineering education standard.