R0028/2026-03-26/C001/SRC01
ABET Accreditation Criteria 2025-2026
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2025-2026 |
| Publisher |
ABET |
| Author(s) |
ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission |
| Date |
2024 |
| URL |
https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2025-2026/ |
| Type |
Government/regulatory source |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
High |
| Relevance |
High |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
N/A |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
ABET is the authoritative accreditation body for engineering programs in the US |
| Relevance |
Directly addresses how engineering is defined for accreditation purposes |
| Bias flags |
None — ABET is a non-profit accreditation body with no commercial interest in the definition |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC01-E01 |
ABET classic definition of engineering containing five themes |
| SRC01-E02 |
No joint ABET-IEEE-NSPE framework identified |