EUGENE

Network: European and Global Engineering Education

Duration: 36 Months (1 October 2009 - 30 September 2012)

Coordinator: Università di Firenze – Facoltà di Ingegneria (IT)

Partners: The EUGENE network counts 71 partners from around 30 different countries.

Role EuroPACE: EuroPACE is co-leader of Activity Line D

Summary: 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 and 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. Indeed, although European EE and research is well recognised worldwide, its attractiveness still needs improving, and time has come to discuss, analyse 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.

Activities: 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:
A) 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;
B) 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;
C) Improve trans-national mobility of engineering students, graduates and professionals, also through contacts and synergies with the International Engineering Alliance and the Washington Accord;
D) LLL & continuing education as a tool to improve competitiveness and innovation of European engineers;
E) Increase attractiveness of EHEA: towards an ERASMUS Mundus Network in EE.
The five Activity Lines will be supported by three Transversal Activities.

URL: http://www.eugene.unifi.it/

Supported by: Lifelong Learning Programme - Erasmus - Networks - Academic Networks