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Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE) is an autonomous body of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB). At present, it is the only accreditation agency for engineering programs in Bangladesh. A total of sixty-eight BSc in Engineering programs from twenty-seven institutes have been accredited by BAETE. Out of these, nine programs have received accreditation by fulfilling the outcome-based education (OBE) based criteria.

History
BAETE was established in 2003 by the IEB as per clause 65 of the IEB constitution. The founding chair of the BAETE was Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury. In 2005, BAETE accredited two engineering programs: one from AIUB and the other from IIUC, for the first time, on input-based accreditation manual. In 2017, BAETE published its first OBE based accreditation manual. Based on this manual, OBE based accreditation was awarded for the first time in 2019, to the B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (CE) program of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) and B. Sc. in Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) program of North South University (NSU). The OBE based manual was further refined, and a second edition of the manual was published on March 2019. The second addition of the manual came into effect from January 2020. To deal with the COVID 19 pandemic, which impeded the accreditation visits to the engineering programs, BAETE also formulated an interim accreditation evaluation guidelines, which now allows BAETE to conduct accreditation review visits in hybrid mode (a combination of online and in-person visit).

The Board
The Board that administers all BAETE activities has the following structure:


 * 1) Chairman ,
 * 2) Vice-Chairman,
 * 3) Vice-President (Academic and International Affairs), IEB [Ex-Officio],
 * 4) Honorary General Secretary, IEB [Ex-Officio],
 * 5) Chairman, BPERB, IEB [Ex-Officio],
 * 6) Vice-Chancellor, BUET or his nominee at the Senior Professor level,
 * 7) Chairman/Member of UGC (with a background in Science/Technical Education),
 * 8) Two Vice-Chancellors from DUET/RUET/KUET/CUET/BUTex/BAU or their nominees at the Senior Professor level,
 * 9) One member from a private university with at least one BAETE-accredited program,
 * 10) One representative of the Ministry of Education not below the rank of Additional Secretary (with a background in Science/Technology) in the Government of Bangladesh,
 * 11) One representative from Industry,
 * 12) One representative from R&D establishments,
 * 13) Five eminent educationists, and
 * 14) Two representative from the Accreditation Board/regional body of Asia & Pacific Countries

One of the board members serves as the member-secretary of BAETE. The current members of the Board can be found at the BAETE website.

== Vision and Mission ==

Vision
To be a nationally and internationally recognized accreditation body in ensuring quality engineering education.

Mission

 * 1) To set standard for accreditation of engineering programs; and
 * 2) To accredit/recognize local and foreign programs.

BAETE Accreditation Process
BAETE's accreditation is voluntary and only initiated upon submission of an application for accreditation by the program. Upon receiving the application, a sub-committee of the Board forms an Evaluation Team (ET). ET reviews the submitted SAR against the set accreditation criteria. If the ET finds the program eligible for accreditation, a three-day accreditation visit is arranged. At the end of the accreditation visit, ET submits their report with recommendation. The review report is scrutinized by the corresponding sectoral committee, to identify areas of inconsistency or procedural discrepancies, if any. The report is then shared with the program, who may submit a written response. The Sectoral Committee then submits the program's response along with the ET's report and its recommendation to the Registrar of BAETE to table for decision making at the next BAETE board meeting. The Board makes the final decision on accreditation, primarily based on the findings and recommendations of the ET, with moderation by the Sectoral Committee. In making its decision, the Board adheres to the published accreditation policy and procedure and ensure the consistency of discipline-specific program criteria across different institutions.

Accreditation Criteria
Engineering programs require to meet ten criteria to get accredited by BAETE :


 * 1) Organization and Governance;
 * 2) Financial and Physical Resources;
 * 3) Faculty;
 * 4) Students;
 * 5) Academic Facilities and Technical Support;
 * 6) Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Processes;
 * 7) Program Educational Objectives;
 * 8) Program Outcomes and Assessment;
 * 9) Continuous Quality Improvement; and
 * 10) Interactions with the Industry

Apart from these ten criteria, the programs must also fulfil the program-specific criteria as mentioned in BAETE's accreditation manual.

Accredited Programs
BAETE publishes the list of accredited programs in its website along with expiry dates of accreditation.

Capacity Building Activities
BAETE regularly organizes training programs on OBE. It also periodically arranges trainings for program evaluators. BAETE organized the International Symposium on Quality Assurance in Engineering Education through Accreditation-I on March 13-19, 2019, to introduce local engineering education system to the other signatory countries of Washington Accord and to learn from other countries for further quality enhancement. The second symposium of the series was held on August 26-27, 2020. However, the Symposium-II was forced to be organized online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Recognition
BAETE represents the IEB, a provisional signatory of Washington Accord, an international accreditation agreement for undergraduate professional engineering academic degrees. BAETE received the provisional signatory status in 2011. 2017, the provisional signatory status was transferred to IEB. The decision was made at the 2017 International Engineering Alliance (IEA) meeting in Anchorage, USA.

BAETE is also a member of Network of Accreditation Bodies for Engineering Education in Asia (NABEEA), since 2008. BAETE also represents IEB in The Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific (FEIAP). IEB was inducted to the FEIAP on December 2009, through its 17th General Assembly in Suntec City, Singapore.