THE Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities reaccredited seven engineering programs of the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.

These programs are BS in Civil Engineering, BS in Chemical Engineering, BS in Computer Engineering, BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Electronics Engineering, BS in Industrial Engineering, and BS in Mechanical Engineering.

They were granted Level III reaccreditation status effective August 18 of this year.

For a program or institution to qualify for a Level III Accreditation, it needs to show a reasonably high standard of instruction, extensive community extension programs, and strong faculty development tradition.

The schools should also have a highly creditable performance of its graduates in licensure examinations.

The PAASCU is a service organization that accredits or conducts quality assurance evaluation of academic programs of its member institutions since 1957.