2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

As an important quality assurance mechanism, the program accreditation of
engineering education has become the basic mechanism for improving the quality of
engineering education in various countries. Under the guidance of the CPC Central
Committee and the State Council, China has established quality assurance mechanism
of engineering education. In June 2016, China officially accessed the Washington
Accord, which symbolized that its engineering education accreditation system has
been recognized by the international engineering community. However, China’s
accessing the Washington Accord as a full signatory is only the beginning of
integrating into the international engineering community. China must actively respond
to the contrasts with international engineering education, and optimize the
accreditation system of engineering education. Thus, this research attempts to propose
an emerging concept, i.e., governance of higher engineering education quality; draw
on the Governance Theory to establish a logical framework for the governance of
higher engineering education quality in China around the dimensions of governance
motivation, subjects, objects, purposes and approaches, so as to provide “China
Solution” in the context of global quality assurance in engineering education.