EUGENE
European and Global Engineering Education
The EUGENE Network aims at improving the impact of European Engineering Education (EE) on competitiveness, innovation and socio-economic growth in a global context. This goal will be achieved by setting up a top-level “discussion & action” forum to monitor and support the continuous evolution of EE in the EHEA and to open its competition and cooperation borders beyond Europe.
Although European EE and research is well recognized worldwide, its attractiveness still needs improving, and time has come to discuss, analyze and improve its strengths and weaknesses in the global context: a first step has been the establishment of the worldwide International Federation of Engineering Education Societies IFEES.
Socio-economic growth and competitiveness is mostly “technology driven” and based upon innovation and entrepreneurship: therefore, EE is a priority for the industrial/professional corporate world. In the EUGENE Network, all major European stakeholders of EE (linked with their corresponding Societies all over the world, through IFEES) will work on five Activity Lines:
- Ph.D. Studies, Structure and Bologna follow-up: Establishment of a European common set of excellence standards and principles, in order to make the PhD training in Engineering and Technology in Europe more effective, competitive and innovative (Leading Partners: AU Thessaloniki, KU Leuven);
- Promoting EE in Europe as a research field and in comparison of worldwide developments, a true and innovative research area to improve entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness (Leading partners: Aalborg Univ., TU Delft);
- Improve trans-national mobility of engineering students, graduates and professionals, also through contacts and synergies with the International Engineering Alliance and the Washington Accord (Leading Partners: ENAEE, O. Engineers–Portugal, ASIIN);
- LLL & continuing education as a tool to improve competitiveness and innovation of European engineers (Leading Partners: Aalto University School of Science and Technology, EuroPACE at KU Leuven);
- Increase the attractiveness of EHEA: towards an ERASMUS Mundus Network in EE (Leading Partners: Univ. of Birmingham, TU Wien).
The five Activity Lines will be supported by three Transversal Activities:
- Direct involvement of industrial stakeholders (European corporate with global dimensions) in all above activities A) to E), with an active contribution.
- Promote the establishment of the standing European Engineering Deans Council (as an interlocutory body with the newly established GEDC by IFEES).
- Identify and put in practice sustainability tools beyond the 3 years of life of the TN, by means of:
- ensuring visibility through an interactive web-site (informatic portal),
- setting up a frequently updated “repository” of guidelines for the enhancement of EEE visibility world-wide,
- fostering the creation of a “Florence EE Group/Network”.
Coordinator
Università di Firenze – Facoltà di Ingegneria (IT)
Other partners
University of Rousse (BG), ENAEE (BE), EUROPACE ivzw. (BE), SEFI (BE), SEII – Societe Europeenne des Ingenieurs et des Industriels (BE), Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Campus de Nayer (BE), Ghent University – Faculty of Engineering (BE), CESAER ivzw. (BE), ABUCO (BE), CTU in Prague (CZ), Copenhagen University – College of Engineering (DK), Aalborg University (DK), Technical University Braunschweig – Institut for Steel Structures (DE), University Duisburg Essen (DE), Ilmenau University of Technology (DE), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (EL), Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidad de Sevilla (ES), Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria del Diseno. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (ES), Universidad de Valladolid (ES), Tallinn University of Technology (EE), BNEI – Bureau Nat. Des Elèves Ingénieurs (FR), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (FR), BEST (FR), Dassault Systemes (FR), Dublin Institute of Technology (IE), University of Iceland – Faculty of Industrial Eng., Mechanical Eng. and Computer Sci. (IS), APE –Associazione Professionisti Europei Laureati (IT), Politecnico di Milano (IT), Università carlo Cattaneo LIUC (IT), Gilbarco srl (IT), Confindustria Firenze (IT), Università di Roma La Sapienza – Facoltà di Ingegneria (IT), European University Cyprus (CY), University of Cyprus (CY), Transport and Telecommunication Institute (LV), Hochcschule Liechtenstein (LI), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LT), Kaunas University of Technology (LT), Université du Luxembourg (LU), University of West Hungary (HU), University of Malta (MT), Delft University of Technology (NL), The Norvegian University of Science and Technology (NO), Technische Universitaet Wien (AT), Warsaw University of Technology (PL), AGH University of Science and Technology (PL), Rzeszow University of Technology (PL), Silesian University of Technology (PL), Universidade de Aveiro (PT), Instituto Superior Engenharia de Lisboa (PT), Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia (FEUP) (PT), Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (PT), Universidade do Minho (PT), Ordem dos Engenheiros (PT), EUCEET Association Bucharest (RO), Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (RO), Univerza v Ljubljani – Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering (SI), University of Zilina (SK), ECCE – European Council of Civil Engineers (UK), Aalto University (FI), Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (FI), Linkopings Universitet (SE), Anadolu University – Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (TR), Ege University (TR), Higher Education Academy – Engineering Subject Centre (UK), Aston University (UK), University of Birmingham (UK), University of Ulster (UK), Vrije Universiteit Brussels (BE), ASIIN (DE)
Duration
October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2012
More information
Markku Markkula
Tel. +358 50 464 2455
Email: firstname.lastname [a] aaltouniversity.fi
Kirsti Miettinen
Tel. +358 9 470 24762
Email: firstname.lastname [a] aalto.fi
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