ALL engineering degree programs offered by the University of Santo Tomas received accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, according to the university.

“This accreditation is another evidence of the University’s ‘excellence that is timely, relevance that is timeless’. Innovative strategies are in place to allow our programs to evolve with the constantly changing demands of the global professional practice of engineering without losing the Thomasian Identity,” the university said in a statement on Friday, October 2.

“We have been eager to show how our programs produce graduates with training and achievements that are suitable for seamless transition to engineering professional practice worldwide. This accreditation confirms that,” it added.

All six programs of the Faculty of Engineering have received recognition from the Commission on Higher Education. Chemical Engineering received a Center of Excellence recognition while civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics and industrial engineering bagged Centers of Development recognition.

Both chemical engineering and electronics engineering were also certified by the ASEAN University Network while all six programs were accredited by the Accreditation and Certification Board for Engineering and Technology of the Philippine Technological Council and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities.

ABET is a global accrediting body of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.