JABEE wishes to congratulate IESL. With IESL joining the Washington Accord as the 17th signatory, the number of signatories from Asia has become 8. Asian nations and economies use the framework of the Washington Accord to improve engineering education in their jurisdiction and to ensure the international equivalency in the quality of education of accredited programs.

Since joining the Washington Accord as a provisional member in 2001 and as a signatory in 2005, JABEE has been making efforts to improve Japanese engineering education with the emphasis on engineering design and team work educations.

JABEE hopes that IESL and other signatories including JABEE will share both successful and failed experiences and will improve engineering education worldwide.

Dr. Mutsuhiro Arinobu
President
The Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education - JABEE