Various accords (agreements) have been signed between the bodies responsible for accrediting tertiary-level qualifications in engineering in each of their respective countries. These accords recognize the substantial equivalency of programs accredited by those bodies, and recommends that graduates of accredited programs in any of the signatory countries be recognized by the other countries as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering. For example, if a person obtains an accredited degree from a South African University that person’s qualifications will be recognized by the signatories of other countries.
The current accords, signatories and registration titles provided by ECSA and ECUK are as follows:
Accord
Current full signatories
Categories of registration associated with the various Accords