A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Engineering Education Professional Certification Standards

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200401.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

applied science and engineering major, accreditation standard, international comparison

Abstract

The indicators of engineering education accreditation standards in China and the United States are compared. On the whole, there is no substantive difference in the accreditation standards of engineering education between China and the United States, including students, professional education goals, and student achievement (performance). continuous improvement, curriculum, faculty and staff, teaching equipment, related institutions and leadership. The Chinese certification standards specifically and in detail explain the specific practices and approaches of each level of indicators. The US certification standards are relatively general. In addition to the general engineering education certification standards, the every United States certification standards version include professional certification standards, while the Chinese certification standards only include professional certification standards in 2011version.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fenping Wang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/06
TI  - A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Engineering Education Professional Certification Standards
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Economics and Information Management (ICEEIM 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 25
EP  - 31
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200401.008
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200401.008
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