MANILA, Philippines - Four engineering programs of Mapúa Institute of Technology recently received full accreditation from the Philippine Technological Council (PTC), paving way to broader opportunities for the Institute and its graduates.
PTC, the umbrella organization of all engineering professional groups in the country and the sole body recognized by the Commission on Higher Education to accredit engineering programs, awarded a six-year accreditation to Mapúa’s industrial engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and electronics engineering programs. It is the highest among the organization’s three levels of accreditation.
The Council cited that among the reasons for the accreditation are Mapúa’s successful implementation of the outcomes-based education and its demonstrated ability to produce quality engineers who can contribute to the country’s economic development.
According to Engr. Rex Aurelius Robielos, dean of the School of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and officer-in-charge of Continuous Quality Improvement Office, the ultimate objective of the accreditation is the benchmarking of the Institute’s programs.
“Mapúa values standards and quality. This PTC accreditation is a strategy to ensure that the programs offered here are comparable with those in other countries,†he said. “This further means that Mapúa, as the country’s premier engineering school, meets international academic requirements and standards for entry to the practice of engineering in other countries.â€
Apart from PTC, the two-part evaluation, which started January last year, was also observed by representatives from the Engineers Australia and the Institution of Engineering Education Taiwan, which are full signatory members of the Washington Accord (WA).
An international agreement, WA recognizes the substantial equivalency of engineering programs accredited by member countries and recommends that graduates of programs accredited by any of the signatory bodies be recognized by the other bodies as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering.
PTC was granted a provisionary membership status to the Accord last year, which means that it has been identified as having the accreditation procedures that are potentially suitable for the purposes of the Accord.