Transcript The internationalisation of study opportunities in Europe

ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
International Symposium organized by the
Russian Association for Engineering Education in
Moscow, May 27-28 2003 on:
„Entrepreneurial University and Entrepreneurial
Education: Models, Experiences , Perspectives“
Dr. I. Wasser
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The ESOEPE
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
European Networks for Accreditation and Quality
Assurance in Engineering Education:
The case of the „European Standing Observatory
for the Engineering Profession and Education“
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The internationalisation of
quality assurance procedures
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
1. First, the rapidly advancing globalization and
internationalisation of higher education implies the need
to internationalise quality assurance procedures to a certain extent; it
also means that internationalisation more and more becomes a
standard criterion for accreditation, evaluation and allocation of
resources at home.
2. Second, in the specific European context we can simply not igore
that we are all part of the Bologna process, which is inspired by the
vision of putting into place a common “European Higher Eduation
Area” by the end of this decade.
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Content of the Bologna
Declaration of June 19th 1999: ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
 adoption of a system based on two main cycles, undergraduate and
graduate, the first degree being relevant to the European labor
market as appropriate level of qualification, the second leading to a
MA or Ph.D. degree
 adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable
degrees, implementation of diploma supplements to promote
European citizens employabilty and the competitiveness of the
European higher education system
 establishment of an ECTS system to facilitate student mobility
 promotion of European co-operation in quality assurance with a view
to developing comparable criteria and methodologies
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The Assignment of the Bologna
ASIIN
Declaration
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
 improve the readability and comparability of European degrees in
order to facilitate academic and professional mobility and promote the
European higher education area.
 secure and improve the quality of the study programs under review
and to increase Europe´s attractiveness to international students
thereby promoting international exchange
 preserve institutional autonomy within a common European
framework of recognition and quality assurance
Given this commonality of interests one
would not assume to many difficulties or
obstacles in proceeding. The contrary is
true.
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The European context for the
development of accreditation
schemes
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
1.) Characterised by mostly public higher education systems; institutions and
programmes derive their formal degree-awarding capacity from the state. Because of the
diversity of both degrees and institutions, public knowledge about their quality is not
sufficient across national borders and even sometimes within one country.
2.) In some countries the academic degree constitutes the automatic admission ticket to the job
market whereas in others additional perequisites are demanded to acquire professional
status (e.g. registered engineer)
3.) Degree and institutional diversity is matched by a great variety of national quality assurance
and accreditation systems (some of them are national, others decentralized). There are
few mechanisms in place to recognise the results of an evaluation and accreditation.
4.) Problem of a growing non-offical higher education sector and the phenomenon of
transnational education with a lack of regulatory codes.
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European Networks for Quality
ASIIN
Assurance and Accreditation
European Network for
Accreditation
European Network for
Quality Assurance
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
crossdisciplinary
International Network of
QAA (+ CEE)
ESOEPE
TUNING Projects
field
specific
European Quality
Improvement Systems
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Members of the ESOEPE
Cluster
ASIIN
Feani
Engineering
Council
C.T.I
O.D.E
ASIIN
ESOEPE
CNEAA
SINAI
UACER
SEFI
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The role of the ESOEPE
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Founded in September 2002, we have joined our forces:
 to facilitate the free exchange of information and provide an effective
communication channels.
 to provide such information as already exists within each country on
topics and issues connected with educational and professional
engineering standards.
 to encourage participation by relevant bodies in as many European
countries as possible, all on an equal basis, to facilitate thoughout Europe
the develoment of good practices of endorsement/validation/accreditation
 to facilitate voluntary agreements on accreditation of engineering
educational programmes and recognition of engineering qualifications
 and to facilitate the development of standards on the competence
requirements of graduate engineers.
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Permanent Steering Group
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Permanent Steering Group
ESOEPE Permanent Secretariat: Mr. P. Wauters, FEANI
Mr. F. Tailly, CTI
Dr. I. Wasser ASIIN
Prof. G. Augusti SINAI
Prof. Ferreira LEMOS, O.D.E.
Prof. Ernest SHANNON, The Engineering Council
Denis McGRATH, The Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Mr. A. Pugh The Engineering Council
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The EOAEE-Project of the ESOEPE
applied for to the European
ASIIN
Commission for the period 2004-2007
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
The EOAEE: European Observatory on
Accreditation of Engineering
Education
Permanent Steering
Committee of ESOEPE
Global Project Management: FEANI
Mr. P. Wauters, FEANI
Work Package 1
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Work Package 3
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European Observatory on
Accreditation of Engineering
Education [EOAEE]
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
EOAEE will be a unique platform for studying the challenges posed by
trans-national accreditation and for collectively exchanging best-practise
examples on accreditation. It will be the nucleus of a „European Accord“,
in the framework of which we come to an agreement concerning the
substantial equivalency of our European accreditation systems and the
engineering education programs accredited by them.
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Leonardo Da Vinci Project: European
Observatory on Engineering Education
EOAEE
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Work Package 1
Project Management
EOAEE Website
Dissemination
Work Package 2
Accreditation and Good Practice
Work Package 3
Transparency and Convergence of European Engineering Degrees
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Work-Package 1
EOAEE website and dissemination
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Promoters
Projects and Goals
FEANI + SEFI

The EOAEE website will be developed as the main facility for storing and
disseminating information on European accreditation through the Internet
while offering interactive facilities (tools: calender of events, forum with
secure access, databases, search tools by keywords, list of documents)

Static Pages containing details of ESOEPE/PSC members, lists of contacts,
legal information. Databasis will be in place with details of (accredited)
engineering schools and programs (www.feani.com/Esoepe)
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Forum section: will enable discussion groups interested in specialized
subjects to be formed. This will encourage discussions on topics where there
are significant differences in national philosophy and practice.
The European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) will be in
charge of running the database
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) will offer the access to its
database of institutional members (250 institutions of higher engineering
education in 42 European countries + multiple associations and companies)
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Work-Package 1
EOAEE Website and Dissemination
ASIIN
Promoter
Expected Outcomes
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Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
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An international network will by in place by the year 2007 that will provideFEANI + SEFI
good information on higher engineering education and quality assurance
systems in Europe to the interested partners (national accreditation
agencies, members of the higher education sector for engineers, national
and international employers, national associations of professional engineers,
students and student organizations)

a platform will be institutionalized to get in contact with the right
organizations to get information on events / training sessions and so forth

the methodology of this website (collection of information, dissemination,
comparable data bases and so forth will be taken as an example by other
disciplines).
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Work-Package 2
Accreditation and Good Practice
ASIIN
Promoters
Projects and Goals:

Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
ASIIN (+ O.D.E.,
EC, IEI)
Accreditation experts + peers + auditors within each participating nation
have to be identified in order to act as champions of good accreditation
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Creation of a European data-base of multilingual peers, to which all
interested target groups have access

Formation of European peers familiar with cross-national criteria and
accreditation procedures (series of work shops with broad participation)

Establishment of multi-national peer groups for trans-national accreditation
exercises

Publications: „State of the art of Accreditation in Europe - New Trends for
Accreditation of Engineering degree programs in the future

„European Accord Meeting“ at the end of the project (consideration of
substantial equivalency in accreditation“ and consideration of the feasibility
for a system of mutual recognition in Europe similar to the model of the
Washington Accord)
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Work-Package 2
Accreditation and Good Practice
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Promoter
ASIIN (+ O.D.E.,
EC, IEI)
Expected Outcomes:
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By 2007 we will have established a permanent network of accreditation
bodies for engineering education in the EU. We will have increased
confidence in third party accreditation/fostered the co-ordination and
harmonization of accreditation procedures/ identified and documented good
practice and supported their introduction in other European countries.

As a result of the project the content and outcome of European engineering
degrees will have become more transparent and convergence between the
systems of education and accreditation within the EU will have improved.
This will have a significant impact on the transferability of degrees and the
mobility of graduate engineers (European Accord?)

Implementation of a harmonised European higher education area by 2010
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Work-Package 3
Transparency and Convergence of
European Engineering Degrees
Promoters
Projects and Goals:

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Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
CPFII (+ SEFI, ASIIN,
CTI, EC, TUCEB)
tackle the problem of transparency of content and outcomes of European
engineering degrees by fitting all engineering programs (including those in
the FEANI index) in a FCD, SCD, TCD Scheme.

Putting this scheme in relation with requirements for professional registration
and licence

Gathering information on the credit points required in engineering study
programs (identifying shares of contact hours, credits and workload by
groups of subjects). While the main idea of a credit point system is
transferability of studies, it can be used as a tool for comparing the content
of programs, if not their quality.

Development of a European Credit Accumulation System with additional
descriptors such as the level of the course unit, type of relation of the course
unit to the discipline itself, marks.

Development of a European Diploma Supplement
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Work-Package 3
Transparency and Convergence of
European Engineering Degrees
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Promoter
FEANI + SEFI
Expected Outcomes:
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Establishment of a data base with all necessary indicators to identify the
status and quality of post-secondary and vocational engineering program
and specifically on arrangement, practices and various approaches to the
accreditation of engineers competences and professional qualifications.

Existence of a European Credit Accumulation System with meaningful
descriptors
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Typical Options for Higher Education
Systems in Europe
Short**
TCD
Integrated**
ASIIN
Fully Consecutive*
Doctorate
-3 Years
Postgraduate
(Third Cycle
Study)
3-4 years
SCD
Long
Study
Programme
FCD
Short
Study Programs
ca. 5 years
3-4 Years
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Graduate
(Second Cycle)
Study
1-2 years
Undergraduate
(first cyle) study
3-4 years
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Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Graduate school*
Long Doctorate
4-5 years
Undergrade
(first Cycle)
Study
3-4 years
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Members of the ESOEPE
Cluster
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Feani
Engineering
Council
C.T.I
ASIIN
ESOEPE
O.D.E
CNEAA
SINAI
UACER
SEFI
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RAEE?
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History of the Organization
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Accreditation Agency for Study Programs in
Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences and Mathematics (ASIIN)
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July 1999
Founding of the ASII
June 2000
ASII accredited by the German Accreditation Council
Sep 2000
Founding of the ESOEPE*
Dec 2000
Adoption of the ASII-Requirements and procedural principals of accreditation
Nov 2001
M.O.U. with the ABET
Jan 2002
Revision of the ASII Requirements
April 2002
Adoption of the field-specific criteria
Sept. 2002
Expansion of the agency: by creating a comission for the natural sciences (ASIIN)
July 2003
Provisional Membership to the Washington Accord
* The European Standing Observatory for the Engineering Profession and Education
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Organizational structure of the
ASIIN
ASIIN
Accreditation Agency for
Study Programs in
Engineering,Informatics,
Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Chief Executive Officer
ASIIN Headquaters
administrates
appoints
ASIIN-Board
12 Persons
appoints
every member group nominates 3 representatives to the Board
Coordination
group of German
(technical)
universities
Coordination group
of German
universities of
applied science
Industrial
federations and
umbrella
organisations of
trade unions‘
organisations
Technical and
scientific associations
and professional
organizations
Accreditation
Commission I
Accreditation
Commission II
(engineering & Informatics)
(natural science & mathematics)
appoints
Technical Committees
on recommendation of
Technical Committees
appoints
propose
1/3 representatives from
universities/universities of
applied science, industry
respectively
appoints
on recommendation of
Technical Committees
appoints
Technical Committees
propose
1/3 representatives from
universities/universities of
applied science, industry
respectively
Auditteams
Auditteams
ASIIN General Assembly
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