Photos taken during ABET's visit to the UST Faculty of Engineering last December 2-7, 2019.
Written by Blessy May Mercado
Photos taken by Niña Eblamo
After several months of deliberation, all of the UST Faculty of Engineering’s degree programs have been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) earlier today, as announced in the University’s official Facebook page.
The six programs offered by the Faculty are the following: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
As part of the initial phase of evaluation, ABET visited the Faculty last December 2-7, 2019.
The board, composed of highly skilled professionals from the industry, academe, and government, with expertise in the ABET disciplines, reviews a college’s program curriculum, faculty, facilities, and institutional support for qualifications for the said accreditation.
At present, ABET has accredited a total of 4,144 programs at 812 colleges and universities in 32 countries.
The Engineering Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement Program (EACQuIP), with Asst. Prof. Ma. Luisa T. Asilo, M.Eng. as the Faculty’s official coordinator, facilitated the accreditation process.
The Faculty is led by the following academic officials: Prof. Philipina A. Marcelo, Ph.D., ean; Rev. Fr. Roberto Luanzon, Jr. OP, Regent and UST Acting Vice Rector for Finance; Assoc. Prof. Ricardo S. Balog, M.Eng., Assistant Dean, and; Engr. Evangeline E. Deleña, Faculty Secretary.
ABET is a non-profit organization that accredits university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. An ABET accreditation assures that the programs of a college meets the quality standards established by the profession.
In addition to being ABET-accredited, all six programs of the Faculty are also accredited by the Accreditation and Certification Board for Engineering and Technology of the Philippine Technological Council (ACBET-PTC) and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has recognized the Faculty’s Chemical Engineering program as a Center of Excellence, while the other five are Centers of Development. Moreover, the AUN-QA Network, the ASEAN quality assurance network in higher education, has certified both the Chemical Engineering and Electronics Engineering programs of the Faculty.
The UST Faculty of Engineering is the oldest engineering school established in the country in 1907. From then on, it has produced notable alumni who have established their names in engineering, business, and entrepreneurship, locally and internationally.
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