About MÜDEK

The Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Education Programs (MÜDEK) is an independent organization that aims to contribute to the improvement of the quality of engineering education in Türkiye by conducting accreditation, evaluation and information studies for various engineering education programs in our country. MÜDEK is recognized by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) as a national quality assurance body for the accreditation of engineering programs.

MÜDEK was established in 2002 by the Council of Engineering Deans (MDK), consisting of the deans of engineering faculties in Türkiye and TRNC, as an independent platform under the name of Engineering Evaluation Board (EEB) to organize and implement a detailed program for the evaluation of engineering undergraduate programs of these faculties and became an association in 2007. Apart from MÜDEK administrative staff, all individuals working in MÜDEK boards, committees, working groups and accreditation evaluation teams work on a voluntary basis without any remuneration.

MÜDEK (Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Education Programs);

- started the evaluation of engineering programs in 2003,

- became a member of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) on November 17, 2006,

- became a non-governmental organization named Engineering Education Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association on January 25, 2007 by continuing to use the abbreviated name MÜDEK and gained legal entity.

- was officially recognized by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) on November 16, 2007 as a national quality assurance agency dealing with national, sectoral and program specific competencies in the engineering programs of higher education institutions, and this five-year recognition was renewed for a period of five years on February 1, 2013,

- was authorized by ENAEE until 31 December, 2013 to give the EUR-ACE Label to the engineering education programs to be accredited as of January 21, 2009, and this authorization was renewed on October 16, 2013 until December 31, 2018,

- became a Provisional Status Member of the IEA (International Engineering Alliance) Washington Accord on June 25, 2010,

- became a Full Member Signatory of IEA -Washington Accord on June 15, 2011.