Proposal for accreditation procedure to support the development of skills and competencies in globalized engineering world

In this paper we describe the proposal for accreditation of one important subject in engineering, namely Control Systems. The described procedure could be applied in the frame of LLL and also in classical engineering education systems, such as university and college education, in order to harmonize the recognition of engineering degrees in Europe and outside the Europe. We state the necessary outcomes in the subject of Control Systems in engineering at the Bachelor level and the process to test the qualifications. This procedure is based on The European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF), based on the existing bibliography and on the educational experiences of the authors of this article. The objective of this work is to propose an alternative approach, compared with the classic one (university or college educational systems), to detect and certificate knowledge, skills and competencies, which are necessary for candidates applying for accreditation or certification as Bachelor of Electrical Engineering through LLLsystem (Life Long Learning). This proposal has been developed under the work of the ELLEIEC ERASMUS thematic network 1 (Enhancing Lifelong Learning in Electrical and Information Engineering), where the consortium composed of 60 European universities worked together on the ELLEIEC-project.