This review is provided to outline the professional engineer qualifications, the accreditation systems working overseas, and their correlations as well as to introduce the international activities to acknowledge the substantial equivalency of the professional engineer qualifications and accreditation systems. In 1999, the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) was established as a nongovernmental organization that examines and accredits engineering education programs conducted by higher educational institutions such as universities. JABEE is working in close collaboration with engineering associations, societies, and industry to ensure the international equivalency of the accreditation system for engineering education programs and contribute the progressive reform of engineering educations and raising social standing of professional engineers.We also described· Requests and expectations for improvements in engineering education programs from the mining / mineral / petroleum / environmental engineers in Japan· Changes and reforms of the mining / mineral / petroleum / environmental engineering programs in Japan· "Resources and Geological Engineering, and the Related Programs" area in JABEE, which has been organized to accredit the engineering education programs for geological, mining / mineral / petroleum, and environmental engineers in Japan· Significance of the accreditation system operated by JABEE and its effects on engineering education paradigms, qualification system of professional engineers, and roles of engineering societies in Japan· Key points for the accreditation and examination by JABEE, which are valuable and helpful for examiners and educational programs