IEEE Position Papers on Education

Read the following position papers approved by the IEEE Board of Directors and endorsed by IEEE Educational Activities. 

• IEEE Position Paper on Accreditation of Academic Programs in ECT (DOC, 52 KB): Describes views of IEEE on accreditation of educational programs in engineering, computing, and technology.
• IEEE Position Paper on the First Professional Degree in Engineering (DOC, 48 KB): Describes the practice of obtaining the first professional degree in engineering.  
• IEEE Position Paper on the Roll of Technical Standards in Education (DOC, 42 KB): Defines the desired role of technical standards in engineering, technology, and computing within engineering, technology, and computing academic curricula in the technical areas of interest of IEEE.