Program Criteria
EAC Program Criteria: engineering disciplines
The Engineering Accreditation Commission publishes Program Criteria for 31 disciplines in 2026–27. EAC criteria concern curriculum and faculty, and apply at the bachelor’s and master’s levels.
| Discipline | Lead society | In Academix |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Full text |
| Agricultural and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers | Full text |
| Architectural and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Civil Engineers | Full text |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Biomedical Engineering Society | Full text |
| Biological and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers | Full text |
| Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | Full text; proposed change shown |
| Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Civil Engineers | Full text |
| Construction and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Civil Engineers | Full text |
| Cybersecurity Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | IEEE, CSAB, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) | Full text |
| Ecological and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and American Society of Civil Engineers | Full text |
| Software and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | CSAB | Full text |
| Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s), and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | IEEE | Full text |
| Engineering Management and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers | Full text |
| Engineering Mechanics and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Full text |
| Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists | Full text; proposed change shown |
| Fire Protection and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society for Fire Protection Engineers | Full text |
| Geological and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration | Full text |
| Industrial and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers | Full text |
| Manufacturing and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society of Manufacturing Engineers | Full text |
| Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgical, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration | Full text |
| Materials (1), Metallurgical (2), Ceramics (3), and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | (1,2) Lead Society for Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Programs: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society | Full text |
| Mechatronics, Robotics, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Mechanical Engineers and IEEE | Full text |
| Mining and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration | Full text |
| Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers | Full text |
| Nuclear, Radiological, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Nuclear Society | Full text |
| Optical, Photonic, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | IEEE | Full text |
| Petroleum and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | Society of Petroleum Engineers | Full text |
| Surveying and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | National Society for Professional Surveyors | Full text |
| Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Full text |
| Systems and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, CSAB, IEEE, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, ISA, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and SAE International | Full text |
| Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, Engineering Science, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs | American Society for Engineering Education | Full text |
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