IIE receives full accreditation from ECSA
28 February 2025
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The Independent Institute of Education (IIE) has received full accreditation from the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) – the first private higher education provider in the country to be recognised in this manner by the industry authority.
All Engineering degrees in South Africa must be offered with the approval of ECSA. The IIE has been offering ECSA endorsed Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) degrees since 2018. During the initial development stages and in the first years of offering these degrees, ECSA conducted various site visits and reviews of The IIE’s B.Eng degrees, to ensure that the qualifications adhere to best practice and to national and international standards for Engineering.
Full accreditation has now been awarded for the IIE’s B.Eng degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and in Mechanical Engineering.
“This milestone is truly significant as the IIE becomes the first private higher education institution in Africa to receive full accreditation for Engineering degrees under the international Washington Accord,” says Louise Wiseman, managing director of the IIE’s Varsity College, Vega & IIE MSA.
Private higher education institutions in South Africa may not, at present, call themselves private Universities due to historic criteria. However, the Department of Higher Education and Training is in the process of finalising criteria for institutions with the aim of ensuring that qualifying private higher education institutions may rightly be recognised as private universities.
For more information visit www.iie.ac.za
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