Georgia Southern University's Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology has been granted full accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. The board's accreditation is the first national accreditation for the university's Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Science programs, which were instituted in 2011. "Accreditation means that our new engineering programs educate our students according to international standards set by engineering educators and professionals, and that the programs have a workable continuous improvement process in place," said Mohammad Davoud, the dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology.