A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is an agreement between ABET and a peer accrediting agency. The purpose of a memorandum of understanding is to provide a structure that guides collaboration of organizations with ABET to facilitate implementation of quality assurance organizations in other countries during their developmental period. Typical activities conducted under these agreements are sharing of best practices, assisting organizations in their development of accreditation processes, and providing training workshops for staff and volunteers. MOUs do not extend to the recognition of programs or graduates.

• Policy for Establishing a Memorandum of Understanding (pdf)

Current Memoranda of Understanding 

• Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria, Argentina

• Acredita CI, Chile

• National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Education of Egypt (NAQAAE)

• Commission des Titres D’Ingenieur, France

• Accreditation Agency for Study Programs in Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences, and Mathematics, Germany

• Council for Higher Education, Israel

• The Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education

• Accreditation Board for Engineering Education Korea

• Consejo de Acreditación de la Enseñanza de la Ingeniería, Mexico

• Instituto de la Calidad en la Acreditación en las Carreras de Ingenería y Tecnología, Peru

• Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal

• IEET, Chinese Taipei

• UNESCO Regional Office for Science & Technology for Latin America & Caribbean, Uruguay

• Seoul Accord

  • Members
• Western Hemisphere Initiative: Consejo de Acrediacion de la Ensenanza de la Ingenieria (CACEI) and the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE)

Letter of Intent

• Chinese Association of Science and Technology

• Ministry of Higher Education, Ukraine