Accreditation
The University of Edinburgh, like most British universities, seeks
accreditation of its degree courses by appropriate professional bodies
in disciplines where this is relevant. In the case of computing
degrees, course accreditation is sought from the
British Computer Society (BCS),
which is the Chartered Engineering Institution for Information Systems
Engineering. Like all engineering institutions, the BCS assesses
courses for accreditation against standards laid down by the
UK Engineering Council.
Combined degrees with Electronics may also
be accredited by the
Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Questions concerning IET accreditation should be addressed to the
School of Engineering.
Psychology degrees are normally accredited by
the
British Psychological Society.
Questions concerning BPS accreditation should be addressed to the
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.
BCS Accreditation
BCS awards accreditation to a variety of levels and with a variety
of flavours. For our degrees, the relevant levels are Chartered IT Professional (CITP),
Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Scientist (CSci).
Full details and explanations of these can be
found through the
relevant BCS pages.
The most recent BCS accreditation visit took place in March 2009 and resulted in
continued accreditation for many of our degrees, together with new accreditation
for degrees which had not previously been considered. Degrees created since the visit
(e.g. BSc Cognitive Science) will be considered for accreditation retrospectively at the
next visit. Students on these degrees, and also students on any unaccredited degrees,
may seek individual accreditation directly through the BCS.
Degrees Accredited for CITP (including Further Learning), CEng (full), CSci (full)
- MInf in Informatics (provisional, see below)
- MEng in Electronics and Computer Science
- MEng in Electronics and Software Engineering
all subject to the condition that the student passes the project without compensation. These
are all granted for intakes from 2009-2013 inclusive. In the case of MInf, the accreditation
is further provisional upon a review by the BCS of the quality of the early cohorts of graduates
(in other words, they want to check that the quality of the students graduated by this new
degree is appropriate). At that time, the BCS may also decide to backdate MInf accreditation
to additionally cover intakes from 2006-2008.
Accreditation for the MEng degrees was previously handled through the
School of Engineering, to whom requests for details should be addressed.
Degrees Accredited for CITP, CEng (partial), CSci (partial)
These accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2008-2013,
with the exception of BSc Artificial Intelligence with Psychology,
which as a newly considered degree, is accredited for intakes
2009-2013. For previous intakes, all these degrees (with the exception
of AI with Psychology) had been accredited to the corresponding levels
existing at the time ("Partial Exemption and Partial CEng", see BCS
documentation for full explanation).
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BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence
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BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science
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BEng (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence & Software Engineering
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BEng (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence with Management
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BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence with Psychology
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BEng/BSc (Hons) in Computer Science
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BEng (Hons) in Computer Science & Electronics
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BEng (Hons) in Computer Science with Management
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BEng (Hons) in Electronics & Software Engineering
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BEng (Hons) in Software Engineering
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BEng (Hons) in Software Engineering with Management
all on the condition that students
- pass the Informatics honours project without compensation, and
- undertake the Professional Issues course, and
- undertake either the System Design Project or the CS/SE individual practical
Degrees Accredited for CITP (partial)
The following accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2009-2013.
In addition, the degrees BSc Computer Science and Mathematics, BSc Computer
Science and Management Science and Computer Science and Physics are accredited
for the 2008 intake and
have been accredited to the corresponding level
existing previously ("Exemption Certificate Diploma and Diploma Project", see BCS
documentation for full explanation) for earlier intakes.
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BSc (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence & Mathematics
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MA (Hons) in Artificial Intelligence & Philosophy
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MA (Hons) in Cognitive Science
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BSc (Hons) in Computational Linguistics
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BSc (Hons) in Computer Science & Management Science
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BSc (Hons) in Computer Science & Mathematics
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BSc (Hons) in Computer Science & Physics
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MA (Hons) in Computer Science & Philosophy
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MA (Hons) in Linguistics & Artificial Intelligence
all on the condition that students
- pass the Informatics honours project without compensation, and
- undertake the Professional Issues course
Degrees Accredited for CITP (Further Learning only), CSci (partial)
The following accreditations were granted for all intakes from 2009-2013.
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Cognitive Science
- MSc Computer Science
- MSc Informatics
- MSc European Masters in Informatics
Murray Cole, September 2010