I agree that for some engineering fields an official certification of some sort should be required. There are other roads to obtaining the required knowledge fo

I agree that for some engineering fields an official certification of some sort should be required. There are other roads to obtaining the required knowledge for that certification though, and attending university should absolutely not be the only way to obtain certification. At the very least standardized tests. It would save highly motivated self learners or people learning in an apprenticeship type situation such as an open source contributer years of their life, lots of money, and allow them to more quickly contribute to society.