Learning and Leading Together: Global Quality Assurance
The ABET Symposium brings together educators, academic leaders and industry professionals from around the world to explore how learning, collaboration and continuous improvement can help advance quality in higher education. Inspired by United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 — Ensure inclusive and quality education and promote learning opportunities for all — this year’s theme reflects a simple idea: we are better equipped to address complex challenges when we learn from one another.
The future of higher education will be shaped not only by new ideas and innovation, but by our ability to connect across cultures, disciplines and professional communities. By sharing experiences and challenging our assumptions, we gain new perspectives, expand how we think about quality and discover approaches that can lead to better outcomes. The ABET Symposium invites participants to look beyond familiar ways of working, learn from perspectives different from their own and consider how collaboration can help create meaningful and lasting impact.
Our hope is that every participant leaves with a renewed appreciation for the value of differing perspectives and a strengthened commitment to working collaboratively to advance quality in education to build a better world.
Focus Areas
Cultivate connections, discover innovative strategies and engage in insightful idea exchange with a diverse global community. Our flagship event unites dedicated faculty members, students, industry leaders, and government representatives. Together, we delve into discussions on fostering a safer and more sustainable world.
Accreditation
This focus area will cover an array of topics focusing on ABET accreditation, from recent criteria changes to preparing for your site visit. Sessions will apply to all experience levels, from the novice learning about ABET processes for the first time to veterans looking to fine-tune their approach. Presenters will share their experiences incorporating best practices into their programs and valuable insights learned from years of experience.
Assessment
Program assessment can seem like a daunting task, but our leaders will put you on the path to success. Sessions in the assessment track will cover several of the more complex areas, such as student outcomes and continuous improvement, as well as methods to create an effective and sustainable assessment process. You’ll learn how to make assessment work for you while maximizing your students’ educational journey.
Credentials
This focus area will highlight how credentials—academic, professional and industry —are shaping the future of education and workforce development. Explore the design, delivery and recognition of credentials that support lifelong learning, upskilling and verified expertise.
Learning and Leading Together: Global Quality Assurance
This focus area will expand on our theme for ABET Symposium 2027. Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, explore how quality education and seeking global perspectives can strengthen our ability to address challenges through meaningful collaboration across cultures, disciplines and professional communities.
About ABET
At ABET, our approach, the standards we set and the quality we guarantee, inspires confidence in those who aim to build a better world — one that is safer, more efficient, comfortable and sustainable.
We accredit college and university programs in the disciplines of applied and natural science, computing, engineering and
engineering technology at the associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree levels.
With ABET accreditation, students, employers and the society we serve can be confident that a program meets
the quality standards that produce graduates prepared to enter a global workforce.
