ABET ACCREDITATION SOFTWARE
The ABET Self-Study Report (SSR)
Where to get ABET's official template, what goes in each section, and how Digital Accreditation Lab drafts it from your own evidence, so you start from a draft, not a blank questionnaire.
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Where to get the official template
ABET publishes a Self-Study Questionnaire for each commission and review cycle. It is the template your report must follow. Download the current version from ABET's Self-Study Templates page. A template tells you what to answer. It does not find your evidence. That part is the work.
What is an ABET Self-Study Report?
The Self-Study Report (SSR) is the document a program prepares for its ABET review: a candid, evidence-backed assessment of how the program meets each ABET criterion. Programs prepare it using the official Self-Study Questionnaire that ABET's commission issues for the review cycle, and submit it ahead of the on-site visit. It's part narrative, part data, and it's read closely by the program evaluators who visit.
What an ABET Self-Study Report contains
Every commission's questionnaire follows the same backbone:
- Background Information: program name, history, enrollment and graduation data, delivery modes, and actions taken on any shortcomings from the previous review.
- The eight General Criteria: 1 Students, 2 Program Educational Objectives, 3 Student Outcomes, 4 Continuous Improvement, 5 Curriculum, 6 Faculty, 7 Facilities, and 8 Institutional Support.
- Program Criteria: the discipline-specific requirements that apply on top of the general criteria for your program.
- Appendices A through D: Course Syllabi, Faculty Vitae, Equipment, and an Institutional Summary.
- Submission Attesting to Compliance: the signed statement that the report is accurate.
dal.ai supports all four commissions: EAC (engineering), CAC (computing), ETAC (engineering technology), and ANSAC (applied and natural science). It works from each commission's own criteria and questionnaire, since the specifics differ even though the backbone is shared.
Where the self-study report actually gets hard
The self-study is not hard because the criteria are unclear. It is hard because the evidence lives in five places, the person who built the last one left, and Criterion 4 asks for a closed loop you cannot rebuild from a shared drive in the month before the visit. The improvement work is usually happening. The record of it is what goes missing.
45 minutes, your files, one cited paragraph, one gap. No credit card. Nothing reaches ABET until you approve every word.
How Digital Accreditation Lab helps you prepare your SSR
dal.ai is the system of record your program lives in between site visits, so when it's time to write the self-study report, the evidence is already organized.
Organize your evidence
Upload syllabi, assessment data, and continuous-improvement records, or enter them directly. dal.ai tags each item to the criteria and student outcomes it supports.
Draft each section from that evidence
dal.ai drafts every section your evidence supports, grounded in your commission's official ABET criteria and self-study questionnaire, and cites the source behind every claim. Where the evidence isn't there, it stops and tells you what's missing.
Review, verify, and export
You review each draft, accept what's right, and see exactly what still needs evidence, before gaps become findings. Nothing reaches ABET without your sign-off. Export the finished report as a PDF.
It will not invent a closed loop you do not have. Where the evidence is missing, the draft says so. Nothing reaches ABET without your sign-off.
Is it allowed to use AI for your ABET self-study report?
Yes, within ABET's published AI policy. ABET permits AI-assisted tools to gather and summarize information, support the analysis of assessment data, and help develop supporting materials. It also requires two things: qualified personnel must verify everything presented for review, and AI must not replace human judgment in continuous improvement. dal.ai is built around exactly that: it drafts and flags; you review, decide, and own every word before submission.
dal.ai is independently built to align with ABET's AI policy; it is not endorsed or certified by ABET.
What to tell your chair or dean
- Every draft paragraph cites the evidence behind it.
- Missing evidence is flagged in the draft, not papered over.
- A qualified person on your team approves every section, as ABET's AI policy requires.
- Nothing is submitted for you. You export a PDF.
- One program is $4,389 a year. Up to five programs, $8,789. Annual billing includes one month free, invoicing is available, and there is no institution-wide contract.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I get the official ABET self-study template?
From ABET's Self-Study Templates page, which lists the current questionnaire for each commission.
What is an ABET Self-Study Report (SSR)?
The Self-Study Report is the evidence-backed document a program prepares for its ABET review, assessing how it meets each ABET criterion. Programs prepare it on the official Self-Study Questionnaire their commission issues and submit it ahead of the on-site visit.
What does an ABET Self-Study Report include?
Background information; the eight general criteria (Students, Program Educational Objectives, Student Outcomes, Continuous Improvement, Curriculum, Faculty, Facilities, and Institutional Support); any program-specific criteria for your discipline; appendices for course syllabi, faculty vitae, and equipment; an institutional summary; and a signed statement attesting to compliance.
Can I use AI to write my ABET self-study report?
You can use AI to assist, within ABET's published AI policy: to gather and summarize information, support assessment-data analysis, and help develop supporting materials. Qualified personnel must verify everything, and AI must not replace human judgment. dal.ai drafts each section from your evidence and cites its sources; you review, verify, and approve before submission.
Is there an ABET self-study report template?
Yes. ABET publishes an official Self-Study Questionnaire for each commission and review cycle, which serves as the template. dal.ai works from your commission's current questionnaire so your draft follows the structure ABET expects.
Which ABET commissions does dal.ai support?
All four: EAC (engineering), CAC (computing), ETAC (engineering technology), and ANSAC (applied and natural science), including each commission's general and program-specific criteria.
Will this replace our assessment process?
No. Your faculty still assess, evaluate, and decide what to change. Digital Accreditation Lab keeps the record of that work and drafts from it.
What if our evidence is incomplete?
That is the normal starting point. The draft writes what your evidence supports and marks every item that still needs a source, so you see the gaps before your visit.
Who owns the report?
You do. You approve every section and export the report as a PDF. Nothing is submitted to ABET for you.
45 minutes, your files, one cited paragraph, one gap. No credit card. Nothing reaches ABET until you approve every word.