ECEI helps employers assess value of engineering credentials

How do American employers determine that the engineers they hire have degrees that meet the standards of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET)?

Often, it's by using the services of Engineering Credentials Evaluation International (ECEI). ECEI is a service of ABET, operating out of its home office in Baltimore since 1997.

ECEI also helps U.S. employers determine if the foreign academic credentials presented are genuine, and how to get the educational credentials of engineers who were educated outside the United States accepted by the state boards for registration and professional licensure.

These tasks are accomplished by ECEI by assessing the educational quality of engineering, surveying and computer science degrees from colleges and universities outside the United States. It is, in fact, the only evaluation service in America that evaluates foreign academic credentials against prescribed ABET engineering, surveying and computer science program criteria. A critical component of this service is the verification and authentication of academic credentials from outside the United States.

The evaluation credentials unit serves a diverse group of clients, from employers to state boards, government agencies to academic institutions. So far, ECEI has evaluated degrees from more than 100 countries around the globe, and its operations are expanding.

The ECEI staff has extensive experience in the assessment of foreign educational systems and is proficient in several Slavic and Romance languages, as well as in Japanese and Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese.

The staff also actively researches and writes publications on foreign educational systems and therefore maintains an extensive database on educational systems around the world.

To learn more about ECEI and download an application form, go to www.ecei.org, call (410) 347-7738 or e-mail: info@ecei.org.

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