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Is it important to have a Washington Accord degree?

Andy Millar
Following up on a couple of threads here, does anyone here have experience on whether NOT having a Washington Accord degree (e.g. an IET accredited degree) makes it harder to get jobs in any particular countries?


Or, to put it the other way around, whether having one does actually make it easier in particular countries?


It's a question that frequently comes up here, and I don't ever remember seeing an answer.


Personally I don't remember ever hearing engineers saying they had a problem with mobility to any country, whatever their qualifications, (even to Canada, provided their process is followed), but I'd hesitate to say I have enough experience to say that this really isn't something to be concerned about.


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Andy
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    Dear Peter,

    I believe the Washington Accord is an instrument which may measure the Engineering degrees from any University and try to find the equivalence between them in terms of graduate attributes and knowledge areas. Not recognizing a degree from outside a country may have its own merit based on economics or political agenda to sustain growth and development of local Universities. But in some way with globalisation, it don't support mobiltiy of people or promote sharing of technological knowledge if local residents with foreign degrees are not recognised to be qualified to practise in their own country.


    Regards

    Kamlesh


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    Dear Peter,

    I believe the Washington Accord is an instrument which may measure the Engineering degrees from any University and try to find the equivalence between them in terms of graduate attributes and knowledge areas. Not recognizing a degree from outside a country may have its own merit based on economics or political agenda to sustain growth and development of local Universities. But in some way with globalisation, it don't support mobiltiy of people or promote sharing of technological knowledge if local residents with foreign degrees are not recognised to be qualified to practise in their own country.


    Regards

    Kamlesh


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