Engineering Education in Austria following the Bologna Declaration

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Engineering Education in Austria following the
Bologna Declaration

• by Kurt R. Richterprofessor emeritus, TU-Graz
• k.M. Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS)?
• IEEE Fellow

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Academic Degrees in Europe
Akademiingeniør Bachelor of Arts BEng BSc Civiling
eniør Civilingenjör Diplom-Ingenieur Diplom-Ingeni
eur ETH Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)? Diplomi-Insinöör
Doktor-Ingenieur Dottore in Ingegneria Engenheiro
Europa-Ingenieur Ingenieur (grad.)? Ingeniør Insin
ööri Ingénieur civil Ingénieur diplomé Ingénieur
industriel
Ingénieur technicien Master of Arts MEng MSc Oklev
eles mérnök Okleveles üzemmérnök Sivilingeniør Tek
nikfræðingur Teknikumingeniør Verkfræðingur
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Bologna Declaration

• Some objectives (deadline for completion in
  2010)
• - the adoption of a common framework of readable
  and comparable degrees, also through the
  implementation of the Diploma Supplement
• - the introduction of undergraduate and
  postgraduate levels in all countries, with first
  degrees no shorter than 3 years and relevant to
  the labour market
• - ECTS-compatible credit systems also covering
  lifelong learning activities
• - a European dimension in quality assurance, with
  comparable criteria and methods
• - the elimination of remaining obstacles to the
  free mobility of students (as well as trainees
  and graduates) and teachers (as well as
  researchers and higher education administrators).

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Engineers in Industry
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Engineering Education in Austria
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Development of Programmes
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Programmes
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Total and 1st year Students
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Engineering Students
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Graduates
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Graduations
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FH Programmes and Students
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Austrian Accreditation

• Public Universities
• programs, developed by the universities and
  accepted by the Federal Ministry of Education
• Private Universities
• Austrian Accreditation Council
• Institutional Accreditation, including the
  accreditation of programs
• Fachhochschulen
• Fachhochschul-Council (3 Austrian, 5
  international)?
• Accreditation of programs

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Programme

• The EUR-ACE Project was established to propose a
  framework for setting up a European system for
  accreditation of engineering education at the
  First Cycle and Second Cycle level (as defined
  within the Bologna process).
• Officially accepted by the European Commission.
• Kick-off meeting on 3 Sept 2004 in London

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Objectives

• to provide an European label to the graduates
  of accredited programmes
• to improve the quality of educational programs in
  engineering
• to facilitate trans-national recognition by the
  label marking
• to facilitate recognition by the competent
  authorities, in accord with the EU Directives and
  facilitate mutual recognition agreements

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EUR-ACE Project Management Structure
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• Thank you!