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History - ABET

We were founded in 1932 as the Engineers’ Council for Professional Development (ECPD), an engineering professional body dedicated to the education, accreditation, regulation and professional development of engineering professionals and students in the United States.

At its founding, ECPD was headquartered in New York City, first at the Engineering Societies Building and then the United Engineering Center. We relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996.

In 1980, ECPD was renamed the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) to more accurately describe our emphasis on accreditation.

In response to the anticipated boom in computer science education, ABET helped establish the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (now called CSAB) in 1985. At its merger with ABET in the early 2000s, CSAB became one of our largest member societies, with more than 300 accredited programs.

In 2005, we began operating and doing business under the acronym ABET (ABET, pronounced “A-bet”), using “Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.” as our corporate name only when required by law.

As the world’s leading accreditation body for programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. ABET’s scope has grown beyond its original engineering and technology focus. Our community now includes educators, industry leaders, government officials and students from diverse disciplines.

For this reason, the organization is now exclusively referred to as ABET, reflecting our broad and inclusive mission to assure quality and stimulate innovation in technical education globally.

From the very start, our educational standards have served as the basis of quality against which professional engineers are held for licensure. After over 80 years of refining our processes, programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) remain the benchmark for the engineering professions.

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From the start, our activities were driven by the professions we serve. Today, 34 member societies provide experts and set the standards for the ABET accreditation process. In 1932, seven engineering societies founded the organization and contributed to ECPD’s original direction and focus:

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, now the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IEEE)
• Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, now the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners (now NCEES)

In 1936, ECPD evaluated its first engineering degree programs. Ten years later, the council began evaluating engineering technology degree programs. By 1947, ECPD had accredited 580 undergraduate engineering programs at 133 institutions.

Producing guidance and training publications was a large part of ECPD operations. The council produced dozens of books, pamphlets, brochures, and movies—among them:

• Reading List for Junior Engineers (1945)
• Speaking Can be Easy… for Engineers Too (1950)
• WOMENGINEER (1974)
• Minorities in Engineering (1974)

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