The missions of the federation are to enhance the effectiveness of member organizations and to contribute to the improvement of engineering education around the world.
The origins of the federation may be traced to an early conversation in 2005 at the Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Australia.
On October 9, 2006, representatives from 29 organizations and three industrial affiliates based in 18 countries formerly established IFEES during the American Society for Engineering Education's Global Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[1][2] In 2016, to mark its tenth anniversary, the federation published a report outlining the history, current status, and future plans.
[4] And the federation partners with allies to design and conduct surveys and publish new scholarship on engineering education in a global context.