EMET Program Reaccredited

Penn State Altoona’s Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) degree program has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

“The re-accreditation is a testament for the quality of our EMET major, which is one of the biggest at Penn State Altoona,” says Jungwoo Ryoo, professor of information sciences and technology and head of the Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology.

Penn State Altoona has two ABET-accredited engineering programs: EMET and Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE), which is the nation’s only ABET-accredited undergraduate degree program of its kind.

Developed by technical professionals from ABET’s member societies, ABET criteria focus on what students experience and learn. ABET accreditation reviews look at program curricula, faculty, facilities, and institutional support and are conducted by teams of highly skilled professionals from industry, academia and government, with expertise in the ABET disciplines.