Several EU projects are relevant to quality assurance of higher (engineering) education

1. Several EU projects are relevant to quality assurance of higher (engineering) education EU project Description Planning & Results • ENQHEEI (1) • Students are represented through BEST (2) and HEE (3) • Network for cooperation between engineering education and industry • VNSU is a member - QANU is also a member as of recently • ENQHEEI can provide membership to e.g. education institutions • Education institutions can apply for a “label” requiring external evaluation (5, 6). In 2003, 7 pilot institutions joined the self evaluation approach • EUR-CEI (4) • Voluntary “Labelling” (or “certification”) of engineering education as a complementary quality mark • For Chemical & Process Engineering, Informatics, Metallurgics and Mechanics 04-2004 End 2005 Beginning 2006 Project work Accepted standards ready Plus proposal for agency Scoring & labelling Agency active EUR-ACE and EUR-CEI have a similar scope, but the former is an accreditation project whereas the latter focuses on voluntary quality labelling to differentiate on quality. Notes: (1) European Network for Quality of Higher Engineering Education for Industry – established following the Council of EU Ministers decision in December 2000; (2) Board of European Students of Technology; (3) Higher European Engineers; Certification of European Engineers – similar to the approach for business schools by EQUIS = European Quality Improvement System; (5) source: ENQHEEI The Charter (no date); (6) source: ISO bulletin July 2003

2. CEI :certification of engineering education for industry • Participants: at the EU level or national level , Russia and TACIS countries • Technological Universities association, • Accreditation authorities or organisations • Stakeholders as professional bodies, • Trade unions • Students representatives. • ENQHEEI Is part to project EURACE – Accreditation of European Engineering Programmes and Graduates prepared with FEANI as applicant.

3. EUR-CEI:Goals • Setting up and testing an EU-label • supplementary or additional standards by • EE institutions • stakeholders • Experimentation of an EU-assessment for quality of Engineering Education and Training. • Launching the process among pilot institutions • Organisation and business plan for the labellization and scoring Agency. • Integrate and differentiate the 2 levels of engineering education according to the EU Engineering model and Bologna process: FC (Bachelor) and SC (Master) • Promote excellency resulting from continuous improvement as regards the 3 industry branches: Mechanics/metallurgy, TIC, Chemical and process Engineering

4. Label EUR-CEI certified engineering education for industry

5. An example: EQUIS EQUIS Quality Standards: • High international quality: national standing, mission, governance, scope, strategy, resources, faculty, students, student services, personal development, programmes, research • Significant level of internationalisation: student body, faculty, programmes • Integration of needs of the corporate world: programmes, activities, processes

6. The Hague InitiativeDecember 10 2004 Participants: France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Russia Promotion of Higher Engineering Education Quality for Industry • Stakeholders-oriented Improvement steps in pilot-institutions • Platform for dialog and exchanges of best practice between Higher Engineering Education institutions and industry The Lisbon Declaration strategy and EU competitiveness European Excellency label and scoring European Area of Education and Bergen Conference

8. Industy /Research Label

9. EVALUATION Critères PRINCIPES Doctrine, Valeurs, Charte Objectifs CRITERES MECANISMES ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION DOMAINES DECRITERES = SOUS-REFERENTIELS La Formation dans son environnement Autour de la Formation, dans l’Institution Système Qualité Interne Contenu et processus de la Formation Moyens internes (mis en œuvre pour la Formation) Partenariats (pour la Formation) Recrutement

10. Collaboration with Industry/1 • Enquiry on the needs of companies at Engineering level: • A strong frame for academic engineering education in each State-member • Professional accreditation taking into account Bologna process and EU engineering model • Strong Distinction between EU Engineering level i.e. UK/Continental model • Cooperation with industry: Partnership • Quality Charter defines the core of cooperation: • Answer to the needs of industry • Internships and innovative pedagogical approach • Entrepreneurship • Exchanges of professoral bodies • Technology transfer research and innovation • Long-life learning • Non-exclusive scientific knowledge and ability • Quality assurance and feedback

11. Collaboration with Industry/2 • Systems of reference Referentials for main industry branches: • Civil Engineering • Mechanics and Materials • Chemical Engineering • Information and Communication technnology • Improvement steps of Pilot-institutions • Self-evaluation • Quality Excellency label after EU stakeholder-oriented assessment • Scoring on an European scale • Enhancing cooperation and networking in Higher Engineering institutions and industry • research project in collaboration with ENQHEEI • feedback of the process

12. Proposal to Industry Branch • To test requirements for certification (excellence) degrees of either Cycle and label-scoring criteria in the branch • To participate to the improvement step with consulting , coaching and self-evaluation in the EU pilot institutions in disciplinary field faculties • To experiment as stakeholder the European evaluation system for certification:label/scoring