Accreditation

All Bachelor of Engineering programmes at the NTU College of Engineering are accredited by The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES), the Singapore signatory of the Washington Accord​ (WA), through its Engineering Accreditation Board (EAB). The Washington Accord is an international agreement for mutual recognition of the substantial equivalence of engineering academic programmes in satisfying the academic requirements for the practice of engineering at the professional level. This recognition enables graduates to seek employment overseas, vastly expanding their range of job opportunities and offering them invaluable international work experience.

Graduate Attributes

EAB adopts the following set of Graduates Attributes published by the Washington Accord as the basis of Student Learning Outcomes. These relate to the knowledge, skills and behavioural traits that students acquired while progressing through their Engineering programme.

a) Engineering Knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, natural science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialisation to the solution of complex engineering problems.

b) Problem Analysis: Identify, formulate, research literature, and analyse complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

c) Design / Development of Solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design systems, components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for public health and safety, cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

d) Investigation: Conduct investigations of complex problems using research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

e) Modern Tool Usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modelling to complex engineering problems, with an understanding of the limitations.

f) The Engineer and Society: Apply reasoning informed by contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional engineering practice and solutions to complex engineering problems.

g) Environment and Sustainability: Understand and evaluate the sustainability and impact of professional engineering work in the solution of complex engineering problems in societal and environmental contexts.

h) Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

i) Individual and Team Work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams and in multidisciplinary settings.

j) Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

k) Project Management and Finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and economic decision-making, and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

l) Life-long Learning: Recognise the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.