Dec. 15~16, 2006

IEET presented at JABEE Symposium

Nov. 26~28, 2006

IEET observed CEAB accreditation visit

October 2006

IEET observed ABET accreditation visit

Oct. ~ Nov. 2006

IEET Accreditation visits for the 2006-2007 Cycle

October 2006

IEET presented at ABET Annual Meeting

Oct. 4, 11, 13, 2006

Orientation for Institutional Representatives (workshops in the South, Middle, and North parts of Taiwan respectively)

September 2006

IEET observed CEAB meeting

September 2006

IEET attended HKIE Presidential Address

September 2006

IEET visited JABEE

July 2006

IEET observed ABET EAC meeting

June 9, 2006

JABEE & ASIIN visited IEET

June 9, 2006

IEET Workshop: Best Practice of Accreditation

June 9, 2006

IEET 2006 Annual Meeting

June 2, 2006

IEET Accreditation Decision Meeting for the 2006-2007 cycle

May 5, 2006

IEET Program Evaluators Training

April 2006

EA & IPENZ observed IEET accreditation visits

Mar.-Apr. 2006

IEET Accreditation visits for the 2005-2006 Cycle

March 2006

IEET visited IPENZ

March 2006

IEET visited EA

March 2006

More than 40 programs requested for accreditation for the 2006-2007 cycle.

February 2006

JABEE visited IEET

Feb. 17, 2006

IEET Orientation for Institutional Representatives

Feb. 17, 2006

IEET Team Chairs Meeting

Jan. 17, 2006

IEET Program Evaluators Training

Dec. 9, 2005

IEET Program Evaluators Training

Dec. 6-10, 2005

Andrew Downing of EA visited Taiwan

Dec. 2-3, 2005

IEET attended JABEE Symposium

Nov. 1, 2005

IEET Workshop: Best Practice of Accreditation

Oct. 24~26, 2005

IEET attended ABET Annual Meetings

Sept. 24~26, 2005

IEET observed CEAB Commission Meeting

Sept. 12, 2005

IEET Program Evaluators Training

Sept. 11, 2005

IEET Orientation for Institutional Representatives

September 2005

IEET launched its second accreditation cycle, in which 35 programs were accredited at the May 2006 accreditation decision making meeting.

August 2005

IEET President, Dr. Che-Ho Wei, was re-elected for a second term. President Wei nominated the AC for a second term.

Aug. 1, 2005

IEET Accreditation Cycle 2005 Lunched

July 21, 2005

Taiwan-EU Alliance on the Advancement of Engineering Education and International Collaboration

June 29, 2005

Orientation for Institutional Representatives

June 25, 2005

IEET Retreat (attended by IEET personnel)

June 2005

IEET was supported by Washington Accord signatories as a Provisional Signatory of the Accord at the 2005 IEM Meetings.

September 2004

IEET launched its first accreditation cycle, in which twelve programs of four institutions were accredited.

April 15, 2004

IEET released Accreditation Criteria 2004 (AC2004), the first ever set of accreditation criteria produced in Taiwan.

September 2003

The MOE formally chartered IEET as the sole window for international contact on issues related to accreditation of engineering education.

July 2003

During the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE), participants from Taiwan unanimously agreed that IEET takes the sole responsibility for accreditation of engineering programs.

June 21, 2003

The Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) was founded as an independent, non-profit, non-government, organization with accreditation of engineering programs as the primary mission. The first president elected was Dr. Che-Ho Wei, who was then the Chairman of National Science Council.

June 2003

At the invitation of ABET President, Dr. George Peterson, a Taiwanese delegation led by Dr. Shan-Hwei Ou observed attended the Sixth Biennial Meeting of Washington Accord Signatories in New Zealand. A statement was made to express the intention of Taiwan to take necessary actions to apply for Provisional Signatory Status in the Washington Accord in the near future.

January 2003

During the National Engineering Education Conference (also known as Conference of Presidents and Deans of Engineering/Technology Universities and Institutes), a consensus was reached to start a new organization to coordinate and promote engineering and technology education accreditation. A working team, headed by Prof. Yeong-Bin Yang, was formed.

1980

The Ministry of Education (MOE) formed the Science and Technology Advisor Office, with the first director being Dr. Chun-Tsung Wang (who is currently the Honorable Member of the IEET Board of Director). Initiatives were undertaken by MOE to reform engineering and technology education, thus, shortly started curriculum reviews, which has been on-going up to the present time.