The Accreditation Board is committed to consulting with regulators, higher education institutions, Engineering Deans Canada, undergraduate engineering students, and other interest holders. Through a variety of consultations, interest holders provide different perspectives that contribute to shaping changes made to the CEAB accreditation criteria, policies, and/or procedures.

Open consultations

There are currently no open consultations.


Reports and closed consultations

 

(2025) Report on the 2025 consultation on proposed revisions to CEAB “Regulations for granting transfer credits”,  Appendix 1 of theCEAB Accreditation Criteria and Procedures

A national consultation on proposed revisions to CEAB “Regulations for granting transfer credits”, Appendix 1 of the CEB Accreditation Criteria and Procedures was held from October 15 to November 26, 2025. The proposed revisions aimed to address an inequity in the recognition of complementary studies transfer credits for students admitted from 3‑year technical CÉGEP programs, who currently do not benefit from the same streamlined recognition as students from 2‑year pre‑university CÉGEP programs. All feedback received from interest holders supported the proposed changes and did not suggest any modifications. The consultation results indicated consensus that the new clause 2.3.3 and its associated changes appropriately addresses the identified issue.


(2025) Analysis of Graduate Attributes (GA) and Continual Improvement (CI) Criteria Findings from 2016 to 2024

The findings reveal that GA/CI criteria-related issues accounted for 47% to 72% of all CEAB findings across programs during the study period, highlighting the ongoing challenge of meeting outcomes-focused accreditation criteria and suggesting that additional support may be required in this area.

Consultation report with recommendations


(2025) Consultation on revisions to the CEAB Interpretive Statement on Curriculum Content for Options and Dual-Discipline Programs

The Accreditation Board directed the P&P Working Group to review the Interpretive Statement on Curriculum Content for Options and Dual-Discipline Programs (Working Group) to consult interest holders on the revisions to the Interpretive Statement as it relates to CEAB accreditation criteria and procedures.

Consultation report with recommendations


(2021) CEAB 30 by 30 Working Group Report

Engineers Canada's Strategic Priority 3: Recruitment, retention, and professional development of women in the engineering professionhighlights the need to drive cultural change in the engineering profession in order to attain the goal of "30 by 30". This report includes recommendations for how CEAB accreditation can assist in advancing a culture more conducive to the 30 by 30 goals.


(2021) Required Visit Materials Working Group Report

To determine a consistent set of required materials for CEAB visits has been on the Minimum Path and Weakest Link principles and based on best practices of audits. Balancing the needs of CEAB visiting teams with the resource concerns expressed by HEIs.


(2020) Interpretive statement on licensure expectations and requirements (clauses 8 and 9)

At the request of the EDC, the P&P Committee reviewed elements of the Interpretive Statement on licensure expectations and requirements.  Changes were proposed and adopted which ensure the Interpretive Statement reflects modern pedagogical practices when counting AUs.


(2020) Engineering Design Task Force

To develop a single, accurate, and comprehensive definition of and interpretive statement on "Engineering Design" as it relates to Graduate Attribute #4: Design and "design" as a curriculum component.


(2019) Beyond the AU Engineers Canada paper recommendations

This paper proposes that the curriculum measurement for minimum engineering program length and for curriculum elements be decoupled. This paper recommended the minimum program AU requirement be 1,850 AUs based on a four-year model program. This paper recommended a percentage approach to define minimum curriculum elements be a.dopted. This paper recommended that a model four-year program schedule.


(2018) Statistical analysis on the time-variance of accreditation units (2001-2017)

The objective of this report is to analyze and assess statistically significant trends in the time variance of accreditation units (AU) allocated by engineering programs in Canada. Through this analysis, the aim is to provide a clearer picture of the efforts required by postsecondary institutions to adapt to changing academic requirement criteria, as established by Engineers Canada, over time.


(2018) AU Task Force Report

The review of the definition of the Accreditation Unit (AU) to identify and define a process to evolve AUs to cope with the changes in engineering education.