Abstract
To definitively report on the status of acoustics education in the UK must be regarded as a challenging task. The areas of interest are even wider than the normally accepted classification of acoustic subjects (e.g., PACS), and the variety of situations to which such knowledge can be applied in practice is daunting. However, whatever the level of expertise required of practitioners in acoustics, everyone ought to be educated within a framework of life-long learning and continuing professional development. In the UK such formal educational and training requirements needed to practice the profession of acoustics have been specified, and it is in this context that UK education in acoustics will be reviewed. Formal educational requirements leading to chartered engineer status for individuals (e.g., CEng and FEANI EurIng) have been laid down by the UK Engineering Council in their ‘‘Standards and Routes to Registration (SARTOR)’’ document. These procedures were compiled by members from the professional engineering institutions and include guidelines for the accreditation of university degree courses. The Institute of Acoustics plays an important role in the implementation of such procedures. Information relating to the wider role of the importance of acoustics education in nonengineering disciplines will also be presented.
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