Global Engineering Education Study includes a great deal of useful information. Universities partnering in the study include: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; MIT, USA; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and University of Tokyo, Japan.
This unique collaboration will study the influence and importance of technological expertise and education on the competitiveness of nations, people, and companies. At the heart of this initiative is a comprehensive study designed to reflect a broad spectrum of topics dealing with all aspects of engineering and natural sciences.
Recommendations include:
- Global competence needs to become a key qualification of engineering graduates
- Transnational mobility for engineering students, researchers, and professionals needs to become a priority
- Global engineering excellence depends critically on a mutual commitment to partnerships, especially those that link engineering education to professional practice
- Research on engineering in a global context is urgently needed
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January 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
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January 12th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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July 1st, 2007 at 11:01 am
Obviously no engineering degree is an invitation to stop learning; life long learning is a requirement whether the engineering degree is earned in 4, 6, 8… years…
September 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
This is a good use of their huge endowment. So is the Open Courseware initiative. As is their elimination of tuition for those with families earning less than $75,000. Good for MIT…