抄録
The quality of Japanese engineers has been kept at high level by the combination of basic training of mathematics and natural sciences at the lower-level schools, high emphasis on education of engineering sciences at higher-level colleges and universities, together with the well-designed on-job training as an engineer at companies. In this way, Japanese engineers have strong royalty to the companies, but do not recognize themselves as independent engineers.
Due to the tendency towards the collapse of the life-long employment system and also due to the globalization of engineer's activity, however, this was started to become a disadvantage for Japanese engineers.
As a part of movements towards this change, it became realized that an accreditation system needs to be introduced to Japan. Thus a new association called "Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE)" was established on November 19, 1999. The activity of JABEE and the contribution of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ) to the accreditation of chemical and chemistry -related engineering programs are reviewed in the present article.
