Accreditation is an accomplishment and demonstrates a program's commitment to quality. Therefore, ABET supports the efforts of accredited programs to promote their accreditation. Recently, the organization began thinking about how it can better help programs accomplish this. Your feedback on this is extremely important, and your ideas are welcome. Please contact us if you have any suggestions, questions, or caveats.

Choose from the following topics, or scroll down to see all available resources:

• Recruiting Brochure and Poster

• ABET-Accredited Logos

• Linking to Information on ABET's Website

• Press Release Template

• Things to Consider When Promoting Your Accreditation

• Do's and Don'ts of Announcing Your Accreditation

• Resources from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

 

	Proud to Be an Accredited Program Brochure and Coordinating Poster
	FOR USE BY ABET-ACCREDITED PROGRAMS ONLY. Show your program's pride with these new promotional materials, now in full color.   Click here (pdf) to sample a low-resolution version of the brochure. Click here (pdf) to sample a low-resolution version of the poster.

The tri-fold brochure can be used to explain the purpose and value of accreditation to current and prospective students and their parents, college industry advisory boards, program faculty and staff, and others. The two-sided 11x17 poster is printed with both a horizontal and vertical design. Hang it in classrooms, faculty offices, and college bulletin boards.

Quantity discounts available on brochure. Visit www.abet.org/order.shtml for pricing and shipping information.

PLEASE DO NOT POST THESE FILES ON YOUR WEBSITE. You are encouraged to use the text from the brochure and poster on your website or in your publications, but please do not post the pdf files on your website.

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ABET-Accredited Logos
FOR USE BY ABET-ACCREDITED PROGRAMS ONLY. ABET has established logos for use by programs that have met the accreditation standards of at least one of the four ABET commissions – the Applied Science Accreditation Commission, the Computing Accreditation Commission, the Engineering Accreditation Commission, and the Technology Accreditation Commission. Please download and read the Style Sheet and Usage Guide before using these logos.

File Types and Uses
The logos are available compressed into a Winzip file for easy download. There is one zip file for each commission. The zip file contains five versions of the accredited logo for the respective commission:

• ABET-Accredited Logos for Printed Matter

  • Black-and-white logo – Accredited-XAC-K.eps

  • Logo in a single ink color – Accredited-XAC-Pantone.eps

  • Logo for four-color process (CMYK) printing – Accredited-XAC-Process.eps

• ABET-Accredited Logos for Web Use

  • Small, black-and-white logo – Accredited-XAC-K-Web.jpg

  • Small, RGB color logo – Accredited-XAC-Web.jpg

    • If you plan to use an ABET-accredited logo on your website, you may want to make the image a hyperlink that connects to the ABET website at www.abet.org, www.abet.org/why_choose.shtml, or http://www.abet.org/the_basics.shtml.

Downloading the Files
Click the appropriate logo below to download the zip file. You will need to unzip the file using Winzip or other decompression software before you can access the logos.

1. Click the appropriate logo below to begin the download.

2. When prompted, specify to which drive you would like to save the file and hit the “Save” button.

3. Double-click the saved file. Winzip or a compatible program will open the file.

4. Select “Unzip or Install from…” Hit the “Next” button.

5. Select the drive where you would like to save the logos. Hit the “Unzip Now” button.

6. Find the logos where you saved them. Choose the one(s) that is appropriate for the material being produced.

For further assistance using these files, contact your school’s marketing or design department, your webmaster, or ABET’s Communications Department at (410) 347-7729.
 

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Press Release Template
One option for creating a press release on a newly accredited program. (MS Word)

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Linking to Information on Our Website
Accredited programs are welcome to link to any page of our website.  There are two pages in particular you might find useful:

• http://www.abet.org/why_choose.shtml 
  Here, visitors can get a quick understanding of what accreditation is and why they should choose an accredited program.

• http://www.abet.org/the_basics.shtml 
  More in-depth information about accreditation can be found here. 

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Please consider the following when promoting your ABET accreditation:

• ABET accredits degree programs, not coursework, degrees, curricula, departments, colleges, or universities.

• ABET is a specialized accreditor, not a national, professional, or regional accreditor.

• The period of accreditation and the accreditation action should never be made public. Only the NGR date may be released.

• The comments contained in the draft and final statements from ABET, including cited strengths and observations, should never be made public, even if paraphrased.

• Names of ABET evaluators, team chairs, and observers who visited campus should never be made public.

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Do's and Don'ts of Announcing Your ABET Accreditation

• Do list ABET-accredited programs as separate and distinct from non-ABET-accredited programs; list ABET accreditation as separate and distinct from any other accreditation.

• Do identify the ABET commission that accredited the program; the complete listing should read as follows: “Accredited by the _________ Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700.”

• Do try to avoid ambiguity among applied science, computing, engineering, and technology concentration areas and programs.

• Do clearly identify under which criteria options, areas, or concentrations have been accredited.

• Don’t use the ABET logo to promote the program or publish the logo in any format (print or electronic); use of the ABET logo outside official ABET publications is prohibited.

• Don’t publish the term or period of accreditation, nor the specific accreditation action the program has received.

• Don’t quote any communications between the ABET commission and the program/institution; all communications between commissions and programs/institutions are confidential.

• Don’t co-list ABET-accredited programs and non-ABET-accredited programs that are at the same level in the same field; if there is any chance of confusion, be sure to include accreditation status in the program descriptions.

See section II.L. of the Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual  (www.abet.org/forms.shtml) for more guidelines on the public release of accreditation information.

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Resources from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
CHEA provides general information about accreditation on its website and also offers pdfs on both general and specific accreditation topics.

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