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Enhance Engineers to Professionals.

International Standards, Accreditation and Certification in Engineering Education & Profession

Moscow

19-10-10

Professor J W Proper, NHTV University Breda, The Netherlands Chairman FEANI/European Monitoring Committee

Enhance Engineers to Professionals.Agenda

• Some prerequisites to share• Introduction of a professional ? case study

• Feani INDEX• EUR ING• EMC developments + EURACE

• Engineering Card

• “Professionals” test• Closing remarks and discussion

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Survey on Training and RegulationSurvey on Training and Regulation

Akademiingeniør

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Engineering

Bachelor of Science

Civilingeniør

Civilingenjör

Diplom-Ingenieur

Diplom-Ingenieur ETH

Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)

Diplomi-Insinöör

Diplomirani Inženir

Doktor-Ingenieur

Dottore in Ingegneria

Akademiingeniør

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Engineering

Bachelor of Science

Civilingeniør

Civilingenjör

Diplom-Ingenieur

Diplom-Ingenieur ETH

Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)

Diplomi-Insinöör

Diplomirani Inženir

Doktor-Ingenieur

Dottore in Ingegneria

Engenheiro

Europa-Ingenieur

Ingenieur (grad.)

Ingeniør

Inginer

Insinööri

Инженер (inzhener)Ingeniero Químico

Ingeniero Superior

Ingeniero Técnico

Ingénieur civil

Ingénieur diplomé

Ingénieur industriel

Ingénieur technicien

Engenheiro

Europa-Ingenieur

Ingenieur (grad.)

Ingeniør

Inginer

Insinööri

Инженер (inzhener)Ingeniero Químico

Ingeniero Superior

Ingeniero Técnico

Ingénieur civil

Ingénieur diplomé

Ingénieur industriel

Ingénieur technicien

Inženyr

Inžinier

Inżynier

Magister Inżynier

Master of Arts

Master of Engineering

Master of Science

Okleveles mérnök

Okleveles üzemmérnök

Sivilingeniør

Teknikfræðingur

Teknikumingeniør

Verkfræðingur

Inženyr

Inžinier

Inżynier

Magister Inżynier

Master of Arts

Master of Engineering

Master of Science

Okleveles mérnök

Okleveles üzemmérnök

Sivilingeniør

Teknikfræðingur

Teknikumingeniør

Verkfræðingur

… … makes comparison very difficult

Variety of Academic Titles in Europe for Engineers/Resume

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Enhance Engineers to Professionals

1: Some prerequisites

1-1 Set the Stage and Acces to the profession

Trend in 2010 and beyond:

• Number of Engineers is declining

• Major Stakeholders call for reform: the renaissance engineer

• Innovation, Sustainability and Entrepreneurship is needed

And:

In the European Union, each EU country is alone responsible for defining the

Education/Formation/Academic Title as well as to regulate or not the access to the profession:

- Education and access to the profession are not EU domain of responsibility

- The principles of ‘Bologna’ are implemented in each country according to their national interpretation:

Bologna (goals and implementation) is accepted

Enhance Engineers to Professionals Engineers degree and Engineers degrees

• Engineers who are proficient in the more theoretical aspects dealing with research, original concepts and their creation (more theoretically orientated)

• Engineers who have a firm understanding of engineering principles and an ability to apply them (more applications oriented).

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ProfessionalProfessional / Academic Recognition (of Engineers)

• EU Terminology (as in EU Directive) Qualification Recognition of professional qualifications

• Engineer: two academic types

- short cycle in Bologna terminology 1st cycle or Bachelor

- long cycle in Bologna terminology 2nd cycle or Master

However, in some EU countries

1st cycle is not an “Engineer”: She/He is not authorized to work as an Engineer.

Professional engineer Title given in Anglo-Saxon countries after assessment of a graduate engineer (long cycle) with 4 years professional experience (Chartered Engineer)Has no meaning in other European countries: after graduation (1st cycle, 2nd cycle or

integrated 5 years cycle), the graduate Engineer may immediately exercise a job as an Engineer

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Acknowledged of professions byAcknowledged of professions by the business the business communitycommunity

Ref: www.feani.orgPublication: FEANI Special News 10/2005

Survey on Training and Survey on Training and RegulationRegulation

Results of a FEANI Survey 2005

… on Regulation of the Engineering Profession

Enhance Engineers to Professionals.1-2) Engineering

• Engineering has two main components:

• engineering knowledge, the “know what”,

and

• engineering process, the “know how”.


1-2) Engineering • Engineering Knowledge - is the growing body of facts, experience and skills in

science, engineering and technology disciplines; coupled to an understanding of the fields of application. (academic (projects) and professional (practice) related)

(Life/Half Time Cycle)

• Engineering Process - is the creative process which applies knowledge and experience to seek one or more technical solutions to meet a requirement, solve a problem, and then exercise informed judgment to implement the one that best meets constraints. (academic (projects) and professional (practice) related)

Both components show differences in the academic and professional environment

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1-3) Knowledge and/or Competences

Competence: ‘the ability, derived from a base of provenproven knowledge and practice, to do a particular activity to a prescribed standard’. Thus it is mainly concerned with

what people understand and can do rather than what they know and is a dynamic combination of attributes, abilities and attitudes.

HOW and WHERE is this assessed?

Competence as a human attribute is a collection of Competencies – discrete activities for which people possess the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to engage in effectively. This implies that each element can be measured objectively and quantified.

(Academic and Professional)

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 1-3) All professional engineers show generic competences:

• ability to serve society through a sound understanding of engineering principles based on a study of mathematics, scientific and technological subjects,

• ability to apply theoretical and practical methods to the analysis and solution of engineering real life problems,

• facility for multi-disciplinary working, with managerial and communications skills.

2: Enhance Engineers to Professionals CASE STUDY

• Jan Willem Proper

(Student or/and professional: knowledge, competences?)Or/And

• Professor Dr. Ing. J W Proper MCTL

• Professor at NHTV university of professional education, Breda• Transport and Logistics: Engineering degree in the Netherlands. (No

Engineering in logistics in Belgium /USA/...)• Second Cycle or master in business economics;• PhD in Logistics;• MCTL: UK recognition for professionals in the field of Transport and Logistics• Member of Feani-, CSCMP-, KIVINIRIA-, VLM- board

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<FEANI: FEANI: The European Professional EngineerProfessional Engineer Organization

representing: > 3.5 million European Professional Engineers (30 EU countries, including Russia)

Feani Objectives (from the Statutes):- Through its National Members, help the Engineers to improve their career development.- To affirm the professional identity of the Engineers of Europe by ensuring the professional qualifications of Engineers of member countries are acknowledged in Europe and worldwide safeguarding and promoting the professional interests of Engineers facilitating their free movement within Europe and worldwide.- To strive for a single voice for the engineering profession of Europe, whilst acknowledging its diversity in representing the Engineers of Europe in international organizations and other decision making bodies.

Professional Objectives (derived from Feani Objectives)

- Formal recognition of Academic Degree in Engineering in Europe

- Acknowledgment in the business community in Europe (and worldwide)

- Free movement within Europe (and worldwide)

- Improve career development

- Network of peers

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Topics: INDEX database, EUR ING title, Professional Card

FEANI Committees : The European Monitoring Committee (EMC)

Experts in European engineering professional system and education: - Check and approve entry of programmes in the INDEX proposed by the NMC- Award EUR ING Title

13 Experts nominated by the FEANI National Members (only one expert per country)Serve in the EMC on a 3-years term – renewable onceEMC meets six times a yearThe decisions are definitive

Enhance Engineers to Professionals The FEANI INDEX Register

• The purpose is: See Feani Goals

a. To facilitate the movement of practicing engineers inside and outside the FEANI ambit and to establish a framework of mutual recognition of qualifications in order that engineers who wish to practice outside their country can carry with them a guarantee of ability.

b. To give sufficient data about the qualification of the individual engineer for the benefit of a prospective employer.

c. To encourage a continuous updating of the qualifications of engineers by setting, monitoring and reviewing standards.

d. To provide a source of information about the great variety of formation systems in Member Countries to EU and Business and University communities.

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AcknowledgementAcknowledgement of Professional Qualifications to support of Professional Qualifications to support career and free movementcareer and free movement

National Committees in charge of the INDEX

• The National Monitoring Committees (NMC)

In every country where FEANI has a National Member

Tasks:

To keep the EMC well informed on the structure of engineering education and the standard of the individual Schools and/or programmes

To review any changes and/or additions to the approved list of schools and programmes and notify the Secretariat General

Enhance Engineers to Professionals 3 3 INDEX databaseINDEX database

The FEANI INDEX database (started in 1980)• An authoritative source of information about National engineering

education systems and institutions in the European countries.

• Contains today a list of +/- 1,000 HE institutes with +/- 10,000 engineering programmes accredited by FEANI, fulfilling the mandatory requirements for the EUR ING title

• Centrally maintained at the FEANI Secretariat General

• Can be consulted on-line: The INDEX comprises:– a short description of the national engineering educational and professional systems– the names of the accepted institutions of engineering higher education and their

accepted programmes– the academic title in the national language– the nominal duration of study, expressed in U and T– the period of validity of the course

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Procedure to analyse proposals from NMCs to update the INDEX

1. Nomination of a temporary Working Group to perform a desktop study

2. In case of major changes/new education systems/new countries.. an EMC

delegation is sent for a visit

3. Detailed procedure for screening the programmes

4. Minimum requirements for the formation of an engineer:

Basic Sciences: a minimum of 20% of the overall ECTS

Mathematics: a minimum of 24 ECTS

Engineering Subjects: a minimum of 50-60% of the overall ECTS

Non-technical subjects: a minimum of 10% of the overall ECTS

Discussion on input versus competences

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The FEANI EUR ING title

The FEANI contribution for promoting Mobility and Recognition:

EUR ING title, designed as a guaranty of competence for

ProfessionalProfessional Engineers.

• Establish a framework of mutual recognition of qualifications

and facilitate the movement of practicing Engineers within

and outside the geographical area represented by FEANI’s

member countries

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Recognition

Formation Framework for all Professional Engineers

• Sufficient flexibility to meet the individual requirements of its different National Members

• 7 years of Formation: Education U between 3 and 5 years Training T

Experience E minimum 2 years

B + 3U = 2U/T/E + 2E

• The FEANI professional formation framework:

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Prerequisites to obtain the EUR ING title

• To be a member of one of the FEANI National engineering organisations

How to apply for the EUR ING

Step 1: Fill in the application form on the FEANI website

Transmit it to the National engineering organisation the applicant is registered in

The application is verified by the NMC (National Monitoring Committee)

Step 2: If ok, the NMC transmits the application to the EMC for verification and

approval

Step 3: If the application is approved by the EMC, the applicant receives:- a parchment- certificate- accompanying letter

The applicant’s data are stored in the FEANI EUR ING database, kept and maintained at the Feani Secretariat

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Future

FEANI INDEX and EUR-ACE The INDEX is a FEANI proprietary system

The acceptance process is exclusively done by FEANI experts

Next Step:

From a FEANI proprietary system of acceptance to an open European

accreditation system EUR-ACE + “Feani approval”

European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education

> EUR-ACE labelled programmes will be inserted in the FEANI INDEX.

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• EUR-ACE proposes a framework for setting up a (single) European system for accreditation of engineering education at the First Cycle and Second Cycle level (as defined within the Bologna process)

• See Feani Goals

to provide a ‘European Label’ of the accredited programmes as entry route to the profession

to facilitate trans-national recognition of the education programme by European label marketing

to facilitate recognition of the graduate by National authorities of the European Member States (in line with the EU Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications)

to facilitate universal recognition agreements

A EU Socrates-Tempus financed project

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Objective:

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• Not a European Directive

• A bottom-up agreement towards a decentralized accreditation system:

• Based on competences as is Index based on Input criteria + U/T distinction: Related to Academic degree



Remarks:

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Framework Standards: based on programme outcomes

(academic competences) as:

• Knowledge and Understanding

• Engineering Analysis

• Engineering Design

• Investigations

• Engineering Practice

• Transferable (personal) Skills



EUR-ACE

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List of EUR-ACE accredited programmes - Example

Enhance Engineers to Professionals EMC Action pointsEMC Action points

20102010• Use of EURACE +

• (Related) Quality Assurance systems to create a up-date, quality Index: “Brussels Accord” “An international agreement about Feani related critria for accrediting engineering degree programs. It recognizes the substantial equivalency of programs accredited and recommends that graduates of programs accredited by any of the signatory bodies be recognized by the other bodies as having met the academic requirements for entry to the practice of engineering” (concept). - France: CTI

Enhance Engineers to Professionals EMC Action pointsEMC Action points

20102010• Input versus Output criteria: use of

competences and including T.• Use of existing systems for judgment of working

experiences.–Chartered Institute of Engineers (UK, IR)

• Marketing of EUR ING and Index

Objectives of the engineerING card

Promotion of the EU-wide mobility of engineers in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EG of the European Parliament and Council („on the recognition of professional qualifications“)

Profile shaping and further development of the profession through orientation on Europe-wide standards

Strengthening of the engineering community through transparency of the engineer status, individual degrees and intensified identification

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“Comparable standards facilitate the cross-country employment of engineers. We therefore welcome the engineerING card”.

Christoph Dänzer-Vanotti, Chief Human Resources Officer at E.ON AG

“As a globally active business we need the best engineers. We therefore support the engineerING card!“

Michael Dick, Board Member for Technical Development at Audi

“The engineerING card creates more transparency on the employment market. We therefore also benefit from it as business”.

Peter Smits, Regional Manager for Central Europe and CEO of ABB AG

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Business and Industry Support the engineerING card

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The engineering Card as a decentralized system monitored by FEANI

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Germany The Netherlands Further countries will follow…

Goal: The engineerING card is recognised at European level

How: The European countries introduce the same systems (National Register Committee, uniform admission criteria, uniform design of card and register data sheet).

FEANI: The monitoring of the national system is carried out by FEANI

engineerING card: Front

01 Given Name02 Surname03 Date and Place of Birth04a Date of Issue04b Date of Expiry05 Member of Association/

Organisation06 ID Number07 Signature08 Key for qualifications

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The Register Data Sheet Features all Important Details

Academic Studies

Professional Experience

Continuing Education

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Personal Details


- “Professionals” test:

• Do you accept the concept of Difference and Excellence:- Europe academic qualifications and professional qualifications show diversity- Europe engineers is not one unified concept- Engineering knowledge and engineering know how relate to both academic and professional

components- Professional Engineers in Europe show some common competences

- Are you understanding the relevance of :- European recognition of Academic Degrees in Engineering- Acknowledgment in the business community in Europe (and worldwide)- Support of free movement for job opportunities within Europe - Improvement of international career development- Network of peers

- Do you support the relevance of Index

- Do you support the relevance of the EUR ING concept

- Do you support the professional Engineering Card?

Then you Enhance Engineers to be: Professionals

• Success is a journey, not a destination• Don’t just solve problems, create opportunities• If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the

problem

Thank You

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