Accreditation
Why choose an accredited degree?
Accreditation is an important mark of assurance that our degrees are current, relevant and highly regarded by the global engineering profession.
Accreditation ensures that our degrees align with the standards published by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UKSPEC).
The rigorous accreditation process looks at all aspects of our courses; teaching, assessment, student experience, resources and facilities.
Accreditation and your career
Having an accredited degree is a requirement for many engineering careers. It provides assurance to employers that you have up-to-date skills and transferable practical experience to excel in the workplace.
Other advantages include:
- Personal standing: some employers recruit preferentially from accredited degree programmes.
- Widely recognised: an accredited degree is recognised professionally.
- Global mark: UK accredited degrees are more widely recognised internationally, more so than equivalent degrees that are not accredited.
- Once you have gained relevant work experience, the process of seeking professional registration as an Incorporated (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) is more straightforward.
Further information can be found on the Engineering Council website.
Please visit the course pages to see the accreditation levels for each degree. Degree courses may be fully, partially or not accredited.
Accrediting bodies in the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Chemical Engineering degrees: Institution of Chemical Engineers
Materials Science and Engineering degrees: Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
Biomedical Engineering degrees: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)