Background

ARACIS is a member of ENAEE and has been authorized since 2013 to award the EUR-ACE® (EURopean-ACcredited Engineer) label to bachelor’s degree programs in engineering, accredited through ARACIS evaluation procedures.

To this end, ARACIS is periodically subject to external evaluation procedures carried out by ENAEE.

In September 2021, the ARACIS Council approved the documentation for the re-authorization of ARACIS by ENAEE and communicated it to the Network in order to start the external evaluation process. Subsequently, between 31 May and 4 June 2022, the first evaluation visit conducted by ENAEE experts took place at the ARACIS headquarters and at Transilvania University of Brașov. From 23 to 25 November 2022, the second evaluation visit conducted by ENAEE experts took place at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest.

Following the external evaluation process conducted by ENAEE, on 25 April 2023, the ENAEE Administrative Council, based on the recommendation of the EUR-ACE Label Committee, approved the reauthorization of the agency to award the EUR-ACE label until 31 December 2025. Subsequently, the Administrative Council of ENAEE approved extending the agency’s reauthorization to award the EUR-ACE® label until 31 December 2027.

Activities within ENAEE

As a member of ENAEE, ARACIS participates in the events organized by the Network, contributes to the preparation of studies and analyses, completes opinion surveys, and submits article prposals for the ENAEE Newsletter, among other activities.

During 2021, ARACIS participated in the consultation process carried out by ENAEE in order to update the “EUR-ACE® Standards and Guidelines”, and the result of this consultation was presented to the members of the ARACIS Council and of the Engineering Sciences Permanent Specialty Commission.

ARACIS’s representative within the EUR-ACE Label Committee (LC), as well as within the ENAEE Committee for the revision of the EUR-ACE® Standards and Guidelines, is Professor Marius Petrescu, PhD Eng., Secretary General of the ARACIS Council.

Until 2023, ARACIS was represented within the above-mentioned ENAEE structures by Professor Simona Lache, PhD Eng., former Director of the Accreditation Department of the Aracis Council.

ARACIS’s most recent contribution to the ENAEE Newsletter, published in December 2025, was an article regarding the webinars and the international anniversary conference organized by the agency throughout 2025 to mark the 20th anniversary of its establishment.