EUR-ACE®: the European quality label for engineering degree programmes at Bachelor and Master level.

The EUR-ACE^® label is awarded to engineering degree programmes accredited by an authorized agency (or analogous national accrediting body).

EUR-ACE^® labels

• respect the great diversity of engineering education within the European Higher Education Area,
• create a system of accredited engineering programmes that share common objectives and outlooks,
• facilitate trans-national recognition of academic and professional qualifications.

The EUR-ACE^® labels distinguish between First-Cycle (Bachelor) and Second-Cycle (Master) Degrees, in accord with the definitions given in the European Qualification Frameworks (EQF-LLL and QF-EHEA).

Note to the user

Differences in and between the lists of accredited programmes reflect actual differences in practice between the respective countries, and sometimes merely different historical designations of degrees. In fact, European Engineering Education is in a transition period where some nations are restructuring their degree programmes to conform more rationally to the “Bologna” cycle structure. It can be expected that these anomalies will be gradually removed, but the process will take time, because it requires changes in programme structures, agreement within each HEI and subsequent throughput of students, and often revision of national rules and legislation.