AE3 Global E Program Update

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AE3/ Global E³ Program Update

• Presented by
• Abbie Chaykin, IIE
• and
• Gilles Le Brishoual, GE4
• June 12, 2006

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HIGHLIGHT

• Since the programs inception in 1995 we have
  successfully placed over 1,500 engineering
  students abroad !

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Where Do Students Study?
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Member Universities with Largest Semester Numbers

• 2005/2006
• Colorado School of Mines
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• University at Buffalo
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Maryland
• University of Wisconsin, Madison

• 2006/2007
• Colorado School of Mines
• Drexel University
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• University at Buffalo
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Wisconsin, Madison

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• What are students majors within the program?

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Program Challenges

• More international students want to study in the
  US than American students wanting to study abroad
  ? Goal Increase Americans studying abroad
• American students need a variety of study abroad
  options ? Goal Create flexible programs to meet
  students needs
• Difficulties in accessing information prior to
  study abroad ?Goal Increase amount of
  information available on both program and
  individual university websites
• Difficulties in getting (and understanding)
  transcripts ?Goal Post information about grading
  systems on-line and encourage disseminate
  feedback

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Looking to the Future

• Encourage more American students to study abroad
  (more outreach, flexible programs, new brochure
  and updated online application)
• Work towards semester parity with the European
  students

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From the European perspective

• (2006 data)

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Top sending universities

• Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
• INP Grenoble
• EPF
• INSA Toulouse, INSA Lyon, DTU, H. Bremen
• UP Valencia, DTU
• ENSICA, Mines Nantes, ICAI, TU Munich

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Top receiving Universities

• 18 European universities have/will receive
• American students in 2006 (spring or fall)
• DTU (21)
• UP Valencia - ICAI (8)
• UPM EPF (5)
• KTH (4)
• TU Vienna (3)
• TU Munich, TU Dresden, FH Munich, Helsinki UT (2)

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European students abroad

• Number of students in 2006
• Spring semester 22
• Fall semester 57
• Spring fall 06 79
• Number of students in 2005
• Spring semester 15
• Fall semester 53
• Spring fall 05 68

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One of our main challenges

• Adjusting students wishes to the capacities of US
  universities to welcome European students
• Most students wish to study in the same academic
  institutions in the US

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European students wishes

• U. Michigan 31
• U. Illinois U. Washington 26
• U. Wisconsin 25
• U. Maryland Penn State 18
• Syracuse 17
• UT Austin Polytech Rice 16
• Northeastern 14
• Drexel 13
• IIT NJIT 12

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Improvements for the future

• Better adjust the number of European applications
  to the US capacities
• more efficient,
• less frustration
• Set up a faster process to get answers from both
  sides
• PDF files
• Better communication

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Goals for 2007

• Adjust the balance in our exchanges
• Offer new opportunities for students from both
  sides
• Work on a better communication
• Between IIE /US institutions
• Between GE4/European institutions
• Between IIE/GE4