What is ABET?
ABET is a nonprofit, non-governmental agency that provides voluntary accreditation to college or university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. This accreditation is assigned to the program not the institution. ABET also offers the opportunity to provide specialized accreditation for post-secondary programs within degree-granting institutions already recognized by national or regional institutional accreditation agencies or national education authorities worldwide.
ABET has been accrediting programs since 1932 with approximately 175,000 students graduating from ABET-accredited programs annually. As of May 2023, they have 4,564 accredited programs worldwide, 895 institutions with accredited programs in 40 countries.