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| FEANI | |
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"Fédération Européenne d'Association Nationales d'Ingénieurs",
(European Federation of National Engineering Associations) is a
not-for-profit association founded in 1951 concerned with the
recognition of professional engineers in
Europe.
Today it unites national associations from 26 European countries grouped
in one FEANI National Member per country. It represents the interests of
over 2 million professional engineers. It works to enable professional
qualifications of engineers of the countries of the National Members to
be recognized in Europe
and world-wide. It provides the key mechanism for European Institutions
to resolve issues related to the recognition of the professional
qualification of engineers and it awards the pan-European professional
title of European Engineer – EUR ING (a guarantee of competence for
professional engineers).
Parallel with the Register and during the past 15 years FEANI has kept a regularly updated INDEX of higher education engineering courses recognized by each of its Members’ countries. This includes a short description of the national education systems of each country, a list of higher education institutes (schools, colleges and universities) and the engineering courses FEANI has recognized as meeting its standards. Entries in the INDEX and EUR ING databases are approved by the FEANI EMC (European Monitoring Committee). This long experience with the EUR ING Title and the INDEX of Courses gives FEANI, through its National Member organizations, a key position in academic-professional relationships as well as a profound knowledge of national rules and prescriptions regulating engineering education and the profession. The participation of FEANI in the project, as legal representative, will cover aspects of the technical part as well as the administrative and financial part. Concerning the technical part, FEANI will be particularly involved in Stage 2 – Testing Phase – and Stage 5 – Refinement of the FEANI INDEX. This will be done through the participation of FEANI EMC as well as by the involvement of selected FEANI National Members. Concerning the administrative and financial part, FEANI will provide management and secretarial support for collecting and managing the deliverables from partners and working working groups and will liaise with the EU Commission. The function of Treasurer will also be taken over by FEANI. Those activities will be done in close collaboration with the Project Coordinator (see Project Management Structure) and will give him the support for his activities. Mr.
Philippe Wauters Avenue
Vandendriessche, 18 Tel:
+32 2 639 03 90
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| SEFI | |
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"Société Européenne pour la formation
d'Ingénieurs" was
established in 1973. It
is a non-profit organisation under Belgian law. SEFI's aims are: the promotion of information on engineering education in Europe, the improvement of communications and exchanges between teachers, researchers and students in Europe, the development of the cooperation between educational engineering institutions, the promotion of cooperation between industry and educational institutions and the development of the European dimension in Engineering Education. In this way, SEFI will contribute to the development and improvement of engineering education in the economic, social and cultural framework of Europe. The society does not assume any direct responsibility for the formulation or implementation of specific policies which could be imposed on member institutions. The diversity of courses, teaching methods and the freedom of choice for those involved are fundamental qualities and valuable assets which must be preserved. The society serves as a European forum and should be considered as a service to European institutions, academic staff, students and industry. Finally SEFI is well known in the whole engineering education scenario in Europe as the largest and most creditable Association of Engineering schools. It is working since the early 70s in many international projects, mainly through the activity of its working groups: in the last years, activity concentrated on LEONARDO and SOCRATES programmes (SOCRATES TN “FACILE”-ODL project, LEONARDO Eurorecord and Progress, TEMPUS “DECENT”, SOCRATES “TESS” Complementary measure, etc.). Mme
Françoise Côme Rue
de Stassart, 119 Tel:
+32 2 502 36 09
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| CESAER | |
| The
Conference
of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research,
a group of 55 universities of technology and schools of engineering in
Europe, all being institutes that offer research based engineering
education programmes. Additional
information on www.cesaer.org
Mr.
Jan Graafmans Kasteelpark
Arenberg, 1 Tel:
+32 497 481 660
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| EUROCADRES | |
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Council of European professional and managerial staff is a
professional and trade union organization. Its national affiliated
organisations, throughout the whole Europe, gather more than 5 million
professionals and managers and have a large number of engineers in their
membership.
EUROCADRES is recognized as a European social partner by the European institutions. EUROCADRES thinks that education, training and competence development are particularly important for all the aspects of the professional life. During the last decade, EUROCADRES was involved in a number of initiatives in order to facilitate free movement of people and to improve the recognition of qualifications and diplomas. In the engineering area, EUROCADRES was involved in the preliminary discussions on the feasibility of a directive for engineers, and then took part in previous projects such as EURORECORD (European record of achievements for engineers) and ENQHEEI (European network for quality of higher engineering education for industry). Some of the EUROCADRES member organisations are involved in accreditation processes for engineering studies at national level. A “EUROCADRES engineers network” is active in these fields. Mr.
Pierre Compte Boulevard
du Roi Albert II, 5 Tel:
+32 2 224 0730
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| ENQHEEI | |
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European Network for Quality of Higher Engineering Education for
Industry was established following a recommendation of the
European Council of Ministers of Industry of 5 December 2000 to develop
cooperation between higher engineering education and industry and
society. It brings together partners from about 10 member States of the European Union and applicant countries: from both initial and continued education institutions, Chambers of commerce and industry, trade organizations, representatives of management and student unions, public authorities at national and European level. In Europe, systems for evaluating training quality are operated by the public authorities, whether national or regional, and by academia; their developments must reflect two broad dimensions: European and user orientation: those are the stakes for the ENQHEEI. Mr.
René-françois
Bernard Rue
Montoyer, 31 Box 2 Tel:
+33 1 53 18 2565
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| ASIIN | |
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Accreditation Agency for Study
Programs in Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics
represents the “major alliance” of German universities and
universities of applied science, federations and trade associations from
the fields of technology and natural sciences, scientific societies and
umbrella organizations from industry and trade unions. They have joined
together to work towards the shared goals of assuring and improving the quality of study programs in engineering, natural sciences and
informatics. In addition, this alliance is given support in a variety of
ways by the faculties of German universities and the departments of
universities of applied science. Furthermore, the ASIIN cooperates
closely with the student accreditation pool. The ASIIN is characterized
by an intensive collaboration between the suppliers and recipients of
higher education services in all bodies of the ASIIN, large pools of
certified professional appraisers and closely-knit networks of
international contacts. In the fields of engineering sciences,
informatics and chemistry the ASIIN represents, for both sides, the
entire cross-section of the scientific, economic and social forces that
play a decisive role in the education and further training of students.
The ASIIN is the only professional accrediting organization in these
market segments and an uncontested market leader in the accreditation of
Bachelor’s and Master’s study programs in Germany. In the summer of
2003, the ASIIN entered as a provisional member into the international
alliance of professional accrediting organizations in the framework of
the “Washington Accord” with the aim of achieving widespread
international recognition for the engineering and informatics study
programs it accredits.
Mr.
Iring Wasser PO
Box 10 11 39 Tel:
+49 211/6214 667 |
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| CTI | |
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Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur is a French governmental
body. Its mission is to assess that the Engineering Education programmes
reach the requested standards. Created in 1934, and confirmed in its
mission by law in 1984, the CTI is a 32 members body, belonging half to
the Academic world, half to the Industrial and Union forces, appointed
for 4 years (and renewable for a second 4 years term). This two-fold composition is most appreciated, since it involves all
people interested in the training of engineers. The first accreditation, or assessment, of a new curriculum is decided by the plenary Commission who appoints a team of at least two members or experts belonging to two different categories, the size of the team, and the duration of the visit, being related to the size of the visited institution. Since a decade every curriculum has to be assessed, and its accreditation renewed, on a six-year cycle basis. Thus CTI is in charge of reviewing periodically more than 250 institutions, that is to say over 750 different currila, covering both initial and apprenticeship engineering education, as well as continuous lifelong learning. The 32 members of the CTI are themselves directly involved in visiting schools and institutions along with external experts on specific scientific and technical topics and their reports, presented to a plenary session lead, after discussion to a decision including a set of recommendations. The criteria used by evaluators are made public through a periodic publication of CTI: “Références et Orientations”. These criteria take into account, both the outputs and inputs of the School or the visited Institution. CTI recently published an English version of “Références et Orientations”, as well as a list of the Schools and Institutions presently accredited. CTI is also engaged in a continuous improvement process and will shortly issue its “Set of Quality Standards”. Mr.
François Tailly Tel: +33 6 714 17 1183 |
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| IEI | |
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Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland was founded in 1835 with the
purpose of promoting knowledge of engineering and of engineering
science. It was also mandated to establish, and maintain, standards of
engineering education and training. In 1969 its Charter was amended by
the Government of Ireland to include all branches of engineering and its
name changed to the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (IEI). The IEI
has 22 000 members and is now the largest professional body in Ireland.
Also, by this change of Charter the Institution has as one of its main
purposes: The setting up and maintaining proper standards of
professional and general education and training for admission to any
category of membership of the Institution. The Institution, in fulfillment of this purpose, has formally accredited engineering degree programmes in the Republic of Ireland since 1982. Its Accreditation Board carries out the accreditation function of the Institutions. Engineering education programmes which satisfy the appropriate criteria laid down in the IEI document ‘Accreditation Criteria for Engineering Education Programmes-Nov 2003’ are deemed to meet the educational standard required of individuals seeking one of the Institution’s Registered Professional Titles of Chartered Engineer, Associate Engineer and Engineering Technician. Under international agreements such as the Washington, Sydney and Dublin Accords, accreditation decisions of the Institution are accepted in the signatory countries on the same basis as their “home” graduates. The Institution continues to work closely with the engineering schools of the universities and other HEIs to ensure the maintenance and improvement of the standard of engineering education in Ireland. The IEI has long experience in the accreditation of engineering programmes and members of its Accreditation Board have participated on many accreditation panel visits outside Ireland as part of its Washington Accord commitment. This experience will be readily made available to the development of the present project. For further information consult: http://www.iei.ie. Prof. Michael Hillery will be the representative of the IEI on the Project Board. Prof. Hillery is currently Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and until recently was Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK), a Senior Member of the American Society of Manufacturing Engineers and a Board Member of the International Foundation for Production Research. Prof.
Michael Hillery College
of Engineering Tel:
+353 20 29 00
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| CoPI | |
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Conferenza dei Presidi delle
Facoltà di Ingegneria Italiane (in short Conferenza dei Presidi di Ingegneria): Conference of Deans of Italian
Engineering Faculties) has been active for more than 30 years as the co-ordinating
group of all Italian Schools of Engineering. In these decades, it has
been instrumental in formulating and implementing legislative and
operative reforms affecting engineering education. In the last few
years, it has devoted much of its efforts to the establishment of a
system of quality assurance and accreditation of Engineering Education:
its proposed SINAI (SIstema
Nazionale di Accreditamento dei corsi di studio in Ingegneria:
National System for Accreditation of Engineering Programmes) has been
taken as the model for a general Accreditation Scheme of Italian
University Education that is now under test in the Pilot Project
"Campus One", run by CRUI (Italian National Conference of
University Rectors) in co-operation with the Ministry of Education,
University and Research. The Conferenza dei Presidi delle Facoltà di Ingegneria Italiane has been recently formally established as a non-profit organization under Italian Civil Law. Prof.
Alfredo Squarzoni Universita'
"La Sapienza"- Facolta di Ingegneria Via Eudossiana, 18 Tel: +39 06 4458 5702/5155
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| UNIFI | |
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“Università degli Studi di Firenze” is a State University covering all disciplines (58,000
students, 2,700 teaching staff members). Additional information on www.unifi.it
. The “Facoltà di Ingegneria”(School
of Engineering) has 5,760 students, 260 professors & research
associates, 450 non-teaching staff members. Additional information on www.ing.unifi.it. The Firenze School of Engineering is running one of the largest SOCRATES Institutional Contracts in Europe, both in terms of volume of activities (involving about 660 students and 150 teachers on mobility) and awarded grant. Traditionally very active in many kinds of international co-operation with more than 380 partners all over Europe, the Università di Firenze and its School of Engineering are active members in many European associations (EUA, SEFI, CESAER). The School of Engineering is currently coordinating a Socrates Thematic Network in the field of Engineering Education (E4 -Enhancing Engineering Education in Europe) that groups 112 partner Institutions/Associations from 27 countries all over Europe) under the responsibility of Prof. C. Borri, President and Legal Representative. Within the framework of E4, Activity 2 (Promoters: Prof. G.Augusti and A.Soeiro) has dealt with “Quality Assessment & Transparency for Enhanced Mobility & Trans-European Recognition” and has promoted the establishment of ESOEPE and participated in all its activities. For additional information on E4, see www.ing.unifi.it/tne4. UNIFI has also presented an application for a new SOCRATES Thematic Network “Teaching and Research in European Engineering (TREE), that is expected to be active from late 2004. The appointed EUR-ACE contact person Prof. C. Borri, Full Professor of Structural Mechanics, is the SOCRATES Delegate of the School of Engineering, and for many years has been Deputy Rector for EU Educational Programmes; he has a very long and deep experience in ERASMUS and TEMPUS activities and is presently an Academic advisor and Expert at European level for many educational co-operation matters (TEMPUS-European Training Found, SEFI and EUA). Prof. Borri has been Vice-President of SEFI (1997-2002). Mr. Claudio Borri P.zza S. Marco, 4 +39 055 4796543
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| OE | |
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practice of the profession of Engineer in Portugal needs a compulsory
registration as member of Ordem dos Engenheiros. Ordem dos Engenheiros
is a non profit Institution, created in 1936, for granting the title of
“Engenheiro”, the professional title in Portugal for Engineers, and
regulates the Engineering practice of its 38.000 members. Ordem dos Engenheiros has the responsibility to award qualification
titles (Senior and Conselheiro) and expert titles (Especialista). Ordem
dos Engenheiros has implemented in 1994 the Accreditation System for
Engineering Courses in Portugal. Today Ordem dos Engenheiros
(OE) has a global perspective of the various higher education
systems teaching engineering in Portugal: public and private
universities, polytechnic and military colleges and has many contacts to
exchange information with other countries about Engineering subjects. More information about Ordem dos Engenheiros can be found on: http://www.feani.org/ESOEPE/PT-accred/PThome.htm The representative of Ordem dos Engenheiros in this project is Prof. Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, National Vice-President of the Institution. Mr.
Sabastiao Feyo de Azevedo Av.
Sidonio Pais, 13 Tel:+351
21 313 26 00
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| UAICR | |
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Union of Associations of Civil Engineers of Romania was founded
in 1995 and groups eleven associations and societies from all domains of
the civil engineering profession in Romania.
The Union represents the member associations and societies in
relations with governmental and non-governmental institutions of
Romania, as well as in relations with similar national and international
organisations. The current membership of UAICR is 45.000 civil engineers. UAICR was the first professional organisations of civil engineers from Eastern and Central Europe to become, in 1996, member of the European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE). UAICR is also member of ESOEPE since its first Public Meeting (Darmstadt, January 2001). UAICR is partner in the Socrates Thematic Network Project EUCEET II (European Civil Engineering Education and Training) initiated by the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania, and coordinated by Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Paris. The contact person nominated by UAICR for the project EUR-ACE is prof. Iacint Manoliu, Vice-President of UAICR, President of the Romanian Society for Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering and President of the Council for Cooperation, Relations and European Integration of the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest. Prof. Manoliu is currently the Chairman of the Management Committee of EUCEET II and has a very rich experience in transnational projects of cooperation in the field of engineering education. The project EUR-ACE will get input, through UAICR and its partners from ECCE, from the professional world in civil engineering, one of the most important fields of engineering. At the same time, UAICR and its contact person will bring to the project an input from the 101 academic partners in EUCEET II. Mr.
Iacint Manoliu Bd.
LACUL TEI, 124 Tel:
+40 21 24 29 350
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| RAEE | |
| The Russian Association for Engineering Education
was established in 1992. For the time being, this public organization is
comprised of professors, engineers, researchers, businessmen and other
people eager to contribute to the advancement of engineering education
in Russia. The main objectives of the RAEE include promotion of
engineering education and practice; establishing the links between
society, industry and science; improvement of technical education
quality and enhancement of its prestige; establishing the system of
engineering education quality assurance consistent with the world
standards. The RAEE was one of the founding members of the so-called the Independent Accreditation Center (IAC), which was the first non-governmental agency for evaluation of educational programs. Thirty-four engineering programs of technical universities were accredited by IAC. In 2001, the RAEE initiated the revision of the accreditation criteria and procedures to make them consistent with the world experience in quality assurance in higher education. The Association’s activity in the development of independent accreditation system is supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and by a number of public and professional organizations including the Russian Academy of Science, and the Association for Technical Universities, the Foundation for International Accreditation and Certification Assistance. This activity was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the RAEE signed on October 21, 2002 concerns the enhancement of engineering education quality. At the same time, the IAC was re-established as the Accreditation Center of the RAEE. Unlike IAC, the Accreditation Center is responsible for accreditation of engineering programs only. The RAEE has approved new criteria and procedures, which have been implemented for engineering programs accreditation since 2003. Mr.
Oleg Boev Office
237a, TPU Tel: +7 38 22 56 3236
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| ECuk | |
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Engineering Council UK has been accrediting engineering courses since 1982 and its constituent
institutions were doing so before that date. Having accredited tens of
thousands of courses ECUK has massive experience in this
field. ECUK is a signatory to the Washington Accord and thus
has experience of the standards and systems used worldwide.
Mr.
Jim Birch Maltravers
street, 10 Tel:
+44 207 557 6478
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