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Accreditation

SACS

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOCis
the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the eleven U.S. Southern states, Latin America and other international sites approved by the Commission on Colleges that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degrees.

SACSCOC’s Mission Statement: “The mission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges is to assure the educational quality and improve the effectiveness of its member institutions.”

6 Core Values:

  • Integrity
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Peer Review/Self-regulation
  • Accountability
  • Student Learning
  • Transparency

For more information, please visit UT Dallas’s SACSCOC Accreditation.


ABET

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is an independent organization that ensures the quality of engineering and technology education programs through its accreditation activities. It provides guidance on best practices in engineering and technology education and assesses the effectiveness of educational programs at meeting the needs of students and their future employers.

The Jonsson School undergraduate engineering programs at UT Dallas are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

The Bachelor of Science program in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Computer Science Program Criteria.

The Bachelor of Science program in Software Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the General Criteria and the Software Engineering Program Criteria.

You can verify our ABET accreditation by visiting ABET Accreditation.