Seoul Accord

The Seoul Accord is an international accreditation agreement for professional computing and information technology academic degrees, between the bodies responsible for accreditation in its signatory countries. Established in 2008, the signatories as of 2016 are Australia , Canada , Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan , Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States . Provisional signatories include Ireland, New Zealand, Mexico, Philippines , Sri Lanka and Malaysia.^[1] This agreement mutually recognizes tertiary level computing and IT qualifications between the signatory agencies. Graduates of accredited programs in any of the signatory countries are recognized by the other signatory countries as having met the academic requirements as IT professionals.

Scope

The Seoul Accord covers tertiary undergraduate computing degrees. Engineering and Engineering Technology programs are not covered by the Seoul accord, although some Software engineering programs have dual accreditation with the Washington Accord.

Signatories

Signatories of the Seoul Accord, Their Respective Countries and Territories, and Years of Admission:^[1]
Member State	Member Institution	Year of Admission
Australia	Australian Computer Society (ACS)	2008
Canada	Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)	2008
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)	2008
Japan	Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE)	2008
Mexico	Consejo Nacional de Acreditación en Informática y Computación, A. C. (CONAIC)	2021
South Korea	Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK)	2008
Taiwan	Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET)	2009
United Kingdom	British Computer Society (BCS)	2008
United States	ABET	2008

Provisional Signatories of the Seoul Accord, along with their respective countries and territories and years of Initial Recognition:
Member State	Member Institution	Provisional Status Recognised
Indonesia	Indonesian Accreditation Board for Education (IABEE)	2021^[2]
Ireland	Engineers Ireland (EI)	2015^[3]
Malaysia	Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT)	2019^[4]
New Zealand	Institute of IT Professionals (ITPNZ)	2015^[3]
Peru	Instituto de Calidad y Acreditacion de Programas de Computacion, Ingenieriay Tecnologia (ICACIT)	2022^[5]
Philippines	PCS Information and Computing Accreditation Board (PICAB)	2015^[3]
Saudi Arabia	Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) - National Center of Academic Accreditation and Evaluation (NCAAA)	^{[year needed]}
Sri Lanka	Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL)	2018^[6]