{"id":8974,"date":"2025-05-30T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/?p=8974"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:23:53","slug":"siemens-first-industrial-software-company-abet-recognized-credential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/siemens-first-industrial-software-company-abet-recognized-credential\/","title":{"rendered":"Siemens becomes first industrial software company to offer an ABET-recognized credential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In May 2024, Siemens announced an exciting new industry credential program with the intent to create credentials recognized by ABET, a nonprofit, non-governmental agency responsible for accrediting programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One year later, Design for the Circular Economy, a microcredential created by Siemens in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder, is now the first industry credential to receive ABET recognition.&nbsp;Learn more about and register for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/specializations\/applied-sustainability-technical-managers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">microcredential on Coursera today<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone demonstrates Siemens\u2019 commitment to addressing the engineering skills gap with microcredentials that cultivate in-demand skills and meet ABET\u2019s rigorous quality-assurance standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why microcredentials?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Economic Forum reports that as many as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/publications\/putting-skills-first-opportunities-for-building-efficient-and-equitable-labour-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">85 million jobs<\/a> could go unfilled by 2030 due to a lack of applicants with the requisite skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the engineering skills gap continues to widen, more and more organizations are exploring the use of microcredentials to complement traditional degree programs with industry-relevant curriculum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Empower continuous upskilling with credentials\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8Ev5mc6EgE?list=PLA0582AC445986591\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But what exactly is a microcredential?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A microcredential validates that an individual has learned a body of skills or has obtained knowledge related to a particular discipline or topic once they complete a compressed course of study. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/partners\/siemens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design for the Circular Economy microcredential<\/a> validates that a student has the technical, business and leadership knowledge and skills to inspire the transformation toward a more sustainable world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why quality assurance matters&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for microcredentials is rising, as evidenced by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/enterprise\/resources\/ebooks\/micro-credentials-report-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Coursera survey<\/a> that indicates that 96% of responding employers agree that microcredentials strengthen a candidate\u2019s application. The survey also reported that 94% of students say microcredentials fast-track skills development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this increasing demand, the market currently lacks a mechanism to judge the quality of the exploding number of credentials.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the landscape of technology and industry continues to evolve rapidly, ABET\u2019s quality assurance of industry credentials plays a key role in enabling learners to gain essential skills and knowledge through high-quality, flexible, accessible programs that meet robust standards for learning. Siemens\u2019 collaboration in the credential recognition pilot has allowed ABET to test its credential standards and review process with a leading industry partner,\u201d said Jessica Silwick, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of ABET.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the only industrial software company to offer an ABET-recognized credential, we are excited to be leading the way forward in engineering credentialing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part of a larger mission to bridge the engineering skills gap with industry-relevant credentials&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Design for the Circular Economy, Siemens is proud to offer a growing number of credentials, including the Expedite \u2013 Skills for Industry microcredential.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Expedite \u2013 Skills for Industry, early-career engineers can gain and verify marketable skills like product lifecycle management, sustainable engineering, project management, AI tools, utilization of the digital twin and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/academic\/expedite-microcredential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Expedite \u2013 Skills for Industry<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design for the Circular Economy, a microcredential created by Siemens in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder, is now the first industry credential to receive ABET recognition.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103577,"featured_media":8976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1966,41],"tags":[1975,1965,1956],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[1922],"class_list":["post-8974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educators","category-featured","tag-abet","tag-credentials","tag-microcredentials"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/siemens-abet-microcredential-recognition-newsroom-01-1280x720-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9369,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8974\/revisions\/9369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8974"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=8974"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=8974"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}