NextGEng

The International Cooperation Framework for Next Generation Engineering Students project, NextGEng, is an international consortium with the aim of creating new international teaching models in close collaboration with companies.

NextGEng follows the guide lines contemplated by the European Education Area rethinking the teaching methodologies to produce upgraded courses, featuring a student-centred approach and in cooperation with other international institutions and companies.

NextGEng comprises three types of activities:

Training

Experts in pedagogy and teacher training

sustain the skill improvement of HEIs partners in new/innovative teaching methods.

Team-teaching

international pilot program

Upgrade a set of engineering courses, belonging to the HEI partners curricula, in close collaboration with companies' partners.

Cases

of Experiential Learning projects

Type of projects where students learn by doing in an international and multidisciplinary environment.

Results and outcomes of the project are

Development of a pedagogical tailored training program for sustaining the skill improvement of HEIs partners through workshops and guidance material.
Development of an international team-teaching pilot program for upgrading a number of six joint courses belonging to the HEI partners curricula.
Implementation of six CEL projects where international teams of students are involved in solving a research or an industry topic in direct collaborations with HEI researchers and company experts.

The implementers of the project

More information

Dr. Ciprian Lapusan, Project Manager, firstname.lastname(at)mdm.utcluj.ro, Technical University of Cluj Napoca

Anneli Kakko, Project Manager, [email protected], Jamk University of Applied Sciences