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QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN SPAIN: TOWARDS A NEW ACCREDITATION AGENCY B. SUAREZ 1 , J. A. REVILLA 2 and L. GALAN 3 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña 2 Universidad de Cantabria 3 Consultor y Experto en Programas Europeos New trends and challenges in civil engineering education November 24-25, 2011 Patras, Greece BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION P ROFESSIONAL C AREER BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) R BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

ENAEE full members E UROPEAN F EDERATION OF N ATIONAL E NGINEERING A SSOCIATIONS S OCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENNE POUR LA F ORMATION D ’I NGÉNIEURS (A SSOCIATE ) E UROCADRES : C ONSEIL DES CADRES EUROPÉENS U NIVERSITA DEGLI S TUDI DI F IRENZA D ANISH S OCIETY OF E NGINEERS B UNDESAMT FÜR B ERUFSBILDUNG UND T ECHNOLOGIE I NTERNATIONAL S OCIETY FOR E NGINEERING E DUCATION R OMANIAN A GENCY FOR Q UALITY A SSURANCE IN F INNISH A SSOCIATION OF G RADUATE E NGINEERS H IGHER E DUCATION ESOPE Founding members BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

Evaluation and Accreditation Agencies in Spain A GÈNCIA DE Q UALITAT U NIVERSITÀRIA DE LES I LLES B ALEARS A GENCIA C ANARIA DE E VALUACIÓN DE LA C ALIDAD Y A CREDITACIÓN U NIVERSITARIA A GENCIA DE C ALIDAD , A CREDITACIÓN Y P ROSPECTIVA U NIVERSIDADES DE M ADRID C OMISIÓN V ALENCIANA DE A CREDITACIÓN Y E VALUACIÓN DE LA C ALIDAD EN EL S ISTEMA U NIVERSITARIO V ALENCIANO A GENCIA DE C ALIDAD Y P ROSPECTIVA UNIVERSITARIA DE A RAGÓN A GENCIA DE E VALUACIÓN Y A CREDITACIÓN DE LA C ALIDAD DEL S ISTEMA U NIVERSITARIO DEL P AÍS V ASCO A GENCIA DE C ALIDAD U NIVERSITARIA DE C ASTILLA -L A M ANCHA BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

TOWARDS A NEW ACCREDITATION AGENCY IN SPAIN Instituto de la Ingeniería de España Association Stakeholders of Universities BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.

CONCLUSIONS The quality of evaluation and accreditation system in Spain is very complex, good but not enough; it cannot provide the appropriate framework to engineering studies for academic and professional international recognition The integration of the Spanish university system into the European Higher Education Area is causing some problems in engineering studies at undergraduate and graduate levels an with professional recognition A specific agency for engineering studies accreditation in Spain would help to solve serious problems, particularly to become part of the relevant international agreements BENJAMIN SUAREZ ET AL.