Accreditation of engineering programmes: European perspectives and challenges in a global context

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-283

  Augusti, Giuliano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Engineering qualifications; Quality assurance; Trans national recognition

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATES; CONTINENTAL SCALE; ENGINEERING ACCREDITATION; ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES; EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA; INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES; INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION; TRANS NATIONALS;

ACCREDITATION;

EID: 85068024651     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790701276742     Document Type: Article

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