Is completing the engineering graduate attribute compulsory for engineering students?


Yes. 

 

The Engineering Council of South Africa specifies 11 Graduate Attributes in their qualification standard for engineering degrees and require that students demonstrate competence in all 11 in order to graduate. 

 

For full details of the Engineering Councils’ accreditation requirements, including the Graduate Attributes, download the document E-02-PE:Qualification Standard for Bachelors of Science in Engineering (BSc(Eng))/Bachelors of Engineering (BEng) : NQF Level 8 available here.