Mühendislik Eğitim Programları Değerlendirme ve Akreditasyon Derneği (MÜDEK) is Türkiye's national engineering accreditation body, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Türkiye. It evaluates undergraduate engineering education programmes against standards aligned with international benchmarks. In 2011, MÜDEK became a full signatory of the Washington Accord — a multilateral agreement under which signatory bodies mutually recognise each other's accredited engineering graduates as having met comparable academic thresholds. In practice, this means a MÜDEK-accredited degree can be presented as evidence of equivalent preparation in other Washington Accord signatory countries, which include the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, among others. It does not mean automatic licensure or unconditional recognition in every jurisdiction; each country's professional engineering body sets its own registration requirements separately.
TRNC universities holding MÜDEK accreditation
Two TRNC universities currently hold MÜDEK accreditation, both at the programme level rather than institution-wide.
[EUL] European University of Lefke — programmatic accreditation covering "Computer Engineering, Electronics and Electronics, Civil Engineering". Three programmes are named; other engineering programmes at EUL are not covered by this accreditation.
[CIU] Cyprus International University — programmatic accreditation covering "Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronics, Industrial, Civil Engineering". CIU holds accreditation across four named programmes, including Industrial Engineering, which EUL's scope does not list.
Both universities hold accreditation for a defined subset of their engineering faculties. No other TRNC university in our database currently holds MÜDEK accreditation.
What to verify
Before relying on MÜDEK accreditation for career or licensure purposes, check the following:
- Confirm the specific programme you intend to enrol in appears by name on MÜDEK's published accredited-programmes register — faculty-level accreditation does not extend to every department automatically.
- Check the valid-until date on that register entry; accreditation cycles are finite and subject to renewal.
- If you plan to practise engineering in a specific country, contact that country's professional engineering or licensure authority directly to confirm what MÜDEK accreditation means for your registration application — Washington Accord membership eases recognition but does not remove national requirements.
Official register: https://www.mudek.org.tr/en/