[en] In 2014, I2EN set up an accreditation system dedicated to nuclear education programs in France. The accreditation system aims at (1) making sure nuclear education programs provide students with the skills needed and required in industry and (2) making sure they comply with the criteria of academic excellence expected in the field. The accreditation process is as follows: 1. Voluntary application comprising a self-study report produced by the Program Administrator; 2. Review and assessment of the program by a team of experts (including on-site discussions with the Program Administrator) based on two public sets of criteria established by the Institute: relevance of the program in regard to its objectives and the means implemented to achieve them. 3. Award of the accreditation upon acceptance by the High-commissioner for atomic energy. In order to carry out the reviews, I2EN set up an independent Committee of 26 experts coming evenly from academia and industry. Each review is conducted by a team of two experts: one from academia and one from industry. This dual view is the essence of I2EN accreditation: it enables to review both the vocational and academic aspects of programs and thus to assess whether graduates are fully operational while having the academic fundamentals to perform their jobs. After the review & assessment, experts issue a report pointing out the strengths, weaknesses, and most importantly the opportunities for improvement. This new accreditation system presents many positive side effects, such as: • Urging Program Administrators to continuous improvement towards excellency; • Providing HR managers from industry with a reliable recruiting ground in accredited programs; • Making industry professionals and faculties work together in order to improve curricula on the basis of industrial feedback; • Targeting the best programs for students to choose from and reassuring them in regard to future employment. (author)