The EUR-ACE project aims at setting up a European system for Accreditation of Engineering education, with the following main aims:

a) provide an appropriate "European label" to the graduates of the accredited educational programmes;
b) improve the quality of educational programmes in engineering;
c) facilitate trans-national recognition by the label marking;
d) facilitate recognition by the competent authorities, in accord with the EU Directives;
e) facilitate mutual recognition agreements.

In accordance with the EHEA (European Higher Education Area)  framework, the accreditation will distinguish between graduates of the first and second study cycle.

The system will be bases on a set of common European standards, that will be proposed, tested in a number of countries, refined and tuned , and tested again in order to achieve the largest consensus. Also a detailed proposal will be formulated on how to set up and run the system that must become self-supporting within five years.

A partner from the Russian Federation , namely RAEE (Russian Association for Engineering Education), will participate in the project and in particular in the testing/tuning phases. The relevant costs will be covered by the TEMPUS programme.

The project will thus interest several target groups, from higher education decision- makers at the European level to governing bodies of HE (High Education)  institutions, form national and local HE authorities to engineering teachers, from professional organizations to employers of engineers. It will be a significant contribution to the harmonization of European higher education , and possibly pave the way for analogous initiatives of professional fields.