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Why Accreditation?​

​Accreditation matters for the following (ABET​, 2020):

• ​​Students:
  
• Verifies that your educational experience meets the global standard for technical education in your profession.​
• Enhances your employment opportunities—multinational corporations require graduation from an accredited program.
  
• Supports your entry to a technical profession through licensure, registration, and certification—all of which often require graduation from an ABET-accredited program as a minimum qualification.
  
• Establishes your eligibility for many federal student loans, grants, and/or scholarships.
  
• Paves the way for you to work globally, because ABET accreditation is recognized worldwide through international agreements, and many other countries’ national accrediting systems are based on the ABET model.​
• ​​​​​Program & Institution​:
  
• Has received international recognition of its quality.
  
• Promotes “best practices” in education.
• Directly involves faculty and staff in self-assessment and continuous quality improvement processes.
  
• Is based on “learning outcomes,” rather than “teaching inputs.”
  
• Can more easily determine the acceptability of transfer credits.​
• ​​Industry, Government & the World:
• ​Ensures that graduates have met the educational requirements necessary to enter the profession.
  
• Provides opportunities for the industry to guide the educational process to reflect current and future needs.
  
• Enhances the mobility of professionals​.​
• Ensure that the graduates of ABET-accredited programs can employ their talents internationally. ​​

​​The college of CIT is preparing to apply for accreditation of its programs as follows:

​Department	​Accreditation Body/Criteria	​Status
​Computer Engineering Department	​Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-C​riteria​​	​ABET accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET​ for the bachelor program of Computer Engineering (bachelor of Science) in the computer Engineering Department.​
​Computer Information Systems Department	​Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-Criteria	In Progress
​Computer Science Department	​Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-Criteria​	​In Progress
​Network Engineering and Security Department	​Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-Criteria	​In Progress
​Software Engineering Department​	​IET Accreditation	IET accredited​ ​

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