What is BCS academic accreditation?
Accreditation from BCS provides you with independent assurance and recognition of the quality of your institute’s computing education. Your course content and provision are assessed by academics and employers, aligned with IT industry frameworks and benchmarked against other educational institutions, to ensure they meet the rigorous standards set by the profession.
Students choose to study BCS-accredited degrees knowing they’ll gain the right set of technical, personal and professional skills for the evolving tech industry — while employers can be confident that your graduates are prepped and ready to make an impact in their business.
Developing the tech profession
BCS is dedicated to inspiring young people to follow a career in tech and to providing them with solid learning foundations. It’s a key part of our Royal Charter and it’s why we work with over 100 higher education institutions (HEIs) to accredit their computing degree courses and provide professional development support for their students and faculty teams.
Employers need graduates leaving university with cutting-edge skills and understanding which they can apply to the real world; a challenging demand in the continually evolving field of tech. BCS accreditation provides recruiters with assurance that your courses are delivering relevant learning that’s regularly updated and that meets the high standards set by the profession. It confirms that your university’s computing graduates are among the best.
For global professional recognition
All undergraduate degrees accredited by BCS for full CITP, are recognised under the Seoul Accord which aims to establish and promote mutual recognition of academic programs among member countries.
This recognition enhances the credibility and quality assurance of academic programmes, allowing students to have their qualifications recognised globally. It helps students and graduates in their pursuit of international education, employment, and professional mobility.
BCS accreditation introduces your computing graduates to their professional body right at the start of their career. And by achieving a BCS-accredited degree, they’ll meet the criteria (in part* or in full) to become professionally registered with BCS as a Chartered IT Professional (CITP), Registered IT Technician (RITTech), Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng).
*Partial CITP accredited degrees are not recognised under the Seoul Accord agreement
