Reporting Status or Progress

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TIMES ARE CHANGING
- Co-operation of Industry and Academia in
Minerals Engineering - Erasmus Mundus Presentatio
n Society of Mining Professors Meeting 13 June
2004
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TU Delft
Minimum requirement
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AUSTRALIA

• 1998 Back from the Brink
• Fragile system
• Changes needed
• 2000 MTEC
• Industry (MCA) 15 universities (9 consortia)
• 5 Year program
• 5 Million from industry
• 2003 Review

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REVIEW

• Gains
• Attention to importance of minerals education
• Collaboration between universities
• Increased understanding of Industry
• However
• Restructuring industry
• Funding cuts of universities
• Decline student numbers
• Declining image of minerals industry

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NET RESULT

• Seven options closed
• Three marked for closure
• Four rationalised / absorbed in other disciplines
• Closure of min. 2 programs / year in
• Australia North America Europe
• CONCLUSION OF MTEC
• 1. CO-PERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES IS ESSENTIAL
• 2. THEN INDUSTRY IS WILLING TO HELP WHICH IS ALSO
  ESSENTIAL

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SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION

• In many countries programs with traditional
  methods will stop sooner or later
• Innovative ways needed
• Co-operation
• Internationalisation
• E-learning
• Change of curriculum
• Industry involvement

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COOPERATION !!!!
Delft, Freiberg 5 students 2 nationalities 0
Companies
1900
2004
Delft, Aachen, London, Berlin, Kosice Helsinki,
Miskolc, Wroclaw 42 students, 11
nationalities 25 Companies
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INITIATIVES FOR CO-OPERATIONS

• Late 80s Delft combined mining, processing,
  metallurgy and recycling
• Low number of mining students Delft RSM
• 1995 / 1996 Delft investigates possible joint
  curriculum, with London, Helsinki and Aachen
• September 1996 European Mining Course (EMC)
• September 1998 European Mineral Engineering
  Course (EMEC)
• September 2003 European Geotechnical and
  Environmental Course (EGEC)

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EUROPEAN NETWORK
1996
1998
2003
From 2004 - Leeds - Camborne
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M.Sc
B.Sc
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PARTICIPANTS

• Finland (Helsinki)
• Germany (Aachen, Clausthal, Freiberg)
• Netherlands (Delft)
• UK (London)
• France (through London)
• Spain (through London)
• Greece (through London)
• Poland (Wroclaw)
• Hungary (Miskolc)
• Slovakia (Kosic)
• Estonia (Talin)
• Austria (Leoben)
• Canada (Queens University)
• Argentina (San Juan)
• USA (Virginia Tech.)
• Chile (Concepcion, Un. de Chile)
• Australia (University of Queensland)

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EMC PARTICIPANTS
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EMEC PARTICIPANTS
Country Place University 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 Germany Aachen
RWTH 3 3 3 5
6 Freiberg BAF 1 The
Netherlands Delft TUD 1 6 6
6 6 7 Finland Helsinki
HUT 1
1 United Kingdom London RSM Poland Wro
claw WUT 1 1 1 Krakow
U. of K rakow 1
Slovakia Kosice U. of K osice
1 Hungary Budapest
1 Chile Concepcion U. de C 2 1 1
2 2 Argentina San Juan
U. de S J 2 1
1 Total 5 14 11 14
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COURSES
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COMPANY VISITS
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
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COUNTRIES OF EMPLOYMENT
Argentina Australia Austria Brasil Canada Chi
le Finland France Germany Ireland Malaysia
Nigeria Oman Poland Portugal South
Africa Spain Surinam Sweden The
Netherlands UK USA
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EUROPEAN NETWORK
Future clusters
Helsinki
Clausthal Freiberg
Leeds Camborne
Aachen
EMC - EMEC
Wroclaw Miskolc Kosice
Berlin
Delft
EGEC
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WORLD WIDE NETWORK
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INDUSTRY

• In beginning holding back
• After 2 years showed interest because
• Liked co-operation between the universities
• Quality of courses
• Soft skills, because of travelling
• English language
• After 3 years
• Realised potential for recruitment international
  staff
• Realised that funding was needed

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FEMP (1999)
Associated universities Canada Queens,
McGill USA Colorado School of Mines,
Virginia Tech AustraliaQueensland Chi
le Concepcion, U. de Chile ArgentinaSan
Juan Europe France, Belgium, Sweden,
Austria, Poland, etc.
Industry Anglo American Plc. Rio
Tinto BHP-Billiton Falconbridge Minera
Alumbrera KGHM RAG Rheinbraun Heidelberg
Cement Arctic Platinum Partnership Corus Pechiney
Outokumpu Umicore Norddeutsche
Affinerie AKZO Tamrock Caterpillar Walter
Beckers IHC RAG Saarberg ABN-AMRO
Wirtschafstvereinigung
Bergbau Euromines
EMC
FEMP
EMEC
EGEC
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CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS
ARCTIC PLATINUM PARTNERSHIP
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BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMS

• Multinational group
• Intensive program
• English language
• Industry contacts
• Job interviews
• Flexibility
• Networking

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ALUMNI CONTACTS

• gt 200 alumni and students per mid 2004
• Co-ordination by Aachen Delft
• Maintain database (web-based per June 2004)
• 4th reunion 2003 in Aachen
• 70 students alumni (gt50)
• 30 industry universities
• Workshop by Heidelberg Cement / ENCI
• 1 Day workshop network evening
• 1 Day social / sport activities

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RECOGNITION
RWTH Best teaching award 2003
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AREAS OF COOPERATION WITH INDUSTRY

• Network
• Recruitment
• Internships
• 30 international internships from RTZ and Anglo
• Research

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FINANCES

• Additional cost to students 3,500 - 4,000
• Socrates
• no tuition fee
• mobility grant 1,000
• Industry for accommodation 2,500 3,000

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FINANCES FOR 40 STUDENTS

• Tuition Fee at home university (Socrates or
  exchange)
• COST PAID BY
• Cost of teaching 500,000
  Universities
• Travel 50,000 Socrates
• Accommodation 120,000 FEMP (industry)
• Reunion 10,000 FEMP (industry)
• Misc. costs 10,000 FEMP (industry)
• Organisation 50,000 TU Delft

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FUTURE

• Independent B.SC. programs under pressure /
  disappear
• University fees increase rapidly (UK, NL)
• Enrolment drops further
• Many allocation models include credit for
  exchange students. This may disappear
• M.Sc. programs need fee basis
• Non EU students Erasmus Mundus
• EU students Industry

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• EU wants to increase number of non-EU M.Sc.
  Students
• Attract those by scholarships
• Looks for relatively large cooperative programs

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• At least three EU universities in different
  countries
• Students spend time at minimum of 2
  universities.
• Students from overseas are joining
• Double degrees are needed
• Industry co-operation

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• 2004 2008
• 280 million Euro
• 250 Master courses
• EU seal
• Scholarships (5000 1600 Euro/month) for
  incoming students (4200)
• Scholarships (5000 1000 Euro/month) for
  outgoing students (4000)

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• gt 19 students from outside EU
• gt 4 scholars
• Full M.Sc. Program (incl. thesis)
• E.g. 120 ECTS points
• No undergraduate students
• Fixed fee for all students
• Non EU fee
• EU fee (also for own students)

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• Scholarships non EU students
• 5000 fixed
• 1600/month
• Fee for the network paid from scholarship
• Tuition fee per partner distributed

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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• EM Actions
• 1. Program recognition
• 2. Scholarships non EU students going to EU
• 3. Partnerships non EU universities (later)
• 4. Trans Europe organisations (alumni, etc)

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FUTURE CHALLENGES

• Declining trend is expected to continue in next 3
  years
• Less enrolment
• Less Funding
• Excluding of exchange students in allocation
• Rapidly increasing break-even requirements
• Problems to attract staff
• Pressure to
• close programs or
• Industry support, if industry likes to keep
  education

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STRATEGY

• 1 Program with 3 options
• 10 Universities
• 60 students
• 40 EU
• 20 non EU
• 120 ECTS
• Joint degrees possible (gt 30 of ECTS)
• Fee
• 10,000 non EU (Erasmus Mundus)
• 3,000 EU (difference with local fee through
  scholarships)

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STRATEGY

• Integrate infrastructure EMC, EMEC, EGEC
• Registration
• BlackBoard
• Printed material (Course Summary)
• Define procedures
• Get approval for double degrees
• Design fee structure

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CONCLUSIONS

• If nothing is done, EXTINCTION
• Things dont happen automatically
• Initiative has to come from universities
• Co-operation of universities is essential !!
• Many benefits for students
• Industry is willing to help but wants to see
  initiatives first

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CONCLUSIONS

• GLOBAL INDUSTRY LOOKS FOR GLOBAL ENGINEERING
  EDUCATION IF WE HAD FIRST DEVELOPED IT ONPAPER
  WE WOULD NOT HAVE SUCCEEDED !!