The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredits programs in Engineering and Computer Science based on specific criteria (available from the ABET web site at http://www.abet.org).
Tulane's Department of Biomedical Engineering, established in 1977, has been continuously accredited by ABET since 1981 by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700.