Association for Engineering Education of Russia

* Under the RESOLUTION of XII General Assembly 22 March 2011 the full name of Russian Association for Engineering Education in English was changed to Association for Engineering Education of Russia; the abbreviated name in English: AEER

Prof. Yury Pokholkov, AEER President e-mail: pyuori@mail.ru

Kseniya Tolkacheva, AEER International projects manager e-mail: tolkacheva@tpu.ru

Association goals

Association for Engineering Education of Russia (AEER) was established in 1992. The main goal of the AEER is to facilitate the improvement and development of engineering education and engineering activity in Russia.

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AEER mission: Advancement of engineering education and engineering activities in all its aspects and forms, which enhance educational, scientific and technological spheres, including teaching, consultation, research, engineering developments, technologies transfer, wide range of educational services, public relations, collaboration with industrial companies, integration into the international scientific and academic community.

Main activities:• research on problems in professional education;• initiating and joining national and international projects aimed at improvement of

engineering education;• holding and taking part in public and parliament hearings, international conferences,

seminars, workshops;• accreditation of engineering programmes;• certification and registration of professional engineers;• publishing of the journal “Engineering Education”.

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AEER mission and main activities

Reference information

Number of the AEER members – 1647 – these are rectors, vise rectors, deans, heads of departments,

industry representatives.

Number of the AEER Regional Departments – 64- Departments’ heads are 33 rectors, 8 vice-rectors, 6 deans, 7

presidents, 5 heads of departments, 1 professor, 1 associate professor.

AEER website – www.aeer.ru (RU and EN versions are available)

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Regional departments on the map

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Organizational Structure

Partnership

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of RF

• Ministry of Education and Science of RF

• The Federal Service of Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science

• Union Of Scientific And Engineering Associations (USEA)

• Kazakhstan Society of Engineering Education (KazSEE)

• Russian Association of Technical Universities

• International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)

• European Network for Accreditation in Engineering Education (ENAEE)

• Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

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Partnership • European Network for Quality of Higher Engineering Education for Industry (ENQHEEI)

• Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE)

• Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEA)

• Washington Accord (WA)

• International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP)

• Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI)

• Federation Europeene d’Associations Nationales d’Ingenieurs (FEANI)

• Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER)

• Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (ESOEPE)

• Universities of Russia, Kazakhstan and European Union

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Public hearings, conferences, seminars, General Assemblies

Public hearings: • «Professional and Public Accreditation of Engineering Educational Programmes”, 28 May 2013, St. Petersburg

International Conferences and Seminars: • Forthcoming: International Conference “Interdisciplinary Projects Management in Engineering Education: Planning and Executing”, 19-23 May 2014, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa ISEL, Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto ISEP, Porto

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Public hearings, conferences, seminars General Assemblies

International Conferences and Seminars: • International conference “Formation of Practical Competences in Education of Engineers: Ideas, Best Practices and Quality Assurance”, 3 - 7 December 2013, Czech Technical University in Prague

•International seminar “Joint international programmes in education and research: Cooperation of universities in the global academic community”, 28 - 29 May 2013, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

• International seminar «Development of Engineering Professionals in APEC Economies», 22 - 23 May 2012, Kazan

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Public hearings, conferences, seminars, General Assemblies

All-Russian Conferences and Seminars: • All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Approaches to Development of the National

Doctrine of Engineering Education in the New Industrialization“, 4 - 6 December 2012, Tomsk

• Seminar «Practice-oriented teaching and learning technologies in engineering university”, 17 - 18 October 2013, Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don

General Assembly • XIII Regular General Assembly of the Association for Engineering Education of Russia, 29

May 2013, St. Petersburg

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Accreditation system in Russia

According to the Russian legislation the accreditation in higher education area exists as state accreditation (run by the federal government) and professional one (run by professional organizations).

The state accreditation is an institutional one while professional accreditation deals with educational programs.

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Accreditation system in RussiaSTATE ACCREDITATION

State institutional accreditation system is presented by the integrated assessment of HEIs by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The purpose of the integrated assessment of HEIs is to conduct comprehensive analysis of the HEIs‘ activities. It includes two procedures: licensing and state accreditation.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC ACCREDITATION

Accreditation of engineering programs by professional community ensures that graduates of an accredited program are prepared adequately for engineering practice.

Meanwhile, it is the process that ensures continuous quality improvement of higher education.

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AEER Accreditation Center accepts for evaluation only programs that are licensed by the Federal Service on Supervision in Higher Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

AEER AccreditationAEER Accreditation CriteriaCriterion 1. Program objectivesCriterion 2. Program contentCriterion 3. Students and study processCriterion 4. FacultyCriterion 5. Professional qualificationsCriterion 6. FacilitiesCriterion 7. Information infrastructuresCriterion 8. Finance and managementCriterion 9. Graduates

The AEER criteria and procedure were elaborated taking into account the world experience of engineering programs evaluation to be consisted with the requirements existing in the Washington Accord signatories, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and those of the common European system for accrediting engineering programs created within the framework of the EUR-ACE project.

These criteria correspond with the Bologna Declaration statements and distinguish between programs of the First and Second Cycles.

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AEER professional accreditation of engineering programs

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AEER professional accreditation of engineering programs

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Trainings for regional departments

Participants: –Representatives of 38 HEIs from 34 regions of Russia;– 7 rectors, 12 vice-rectors, 17 faculty deans, 12 directors of different

departments, centers and institutes, 13 heads of chair, deputy deans;– among them - 35 professors –Dr. Sc., 30 associate professors – Cand. Sc.

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Seminar-trainings for AEER experts

“Public and professional accreditation of educational programs in engineering and technology. AEER Criteria and Procedures”

•19 - 21 December 2013, Rostov-on-Don

•28 - 30 January 2013, St. Petersburg

•17 - 19 May 2012, Rostov-on-Don

•13 - 15 March 2012, Moscow

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Certification of engineering qualifications

The meeting of the APEC (Asia –Pacific Economic Cooperation) International Committee took place on 24 June 2010 in Ottawa, Canada.

The delegation of the Russian Association for Engineering Education,

headed by AEER Vice-President, Rector of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University Petr Chubik, participated in the meeting.

At the meeting of the International Committee of the APEC Russia represented by the Association for Engineering Education of Russia was

unanimously accepted to APEC Engineering Register.

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Issue of the journal «Engineering Education»

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№ 9, 2012: «Quality of Engineering Education within New-Type Industrialization» - 15 articles.

№ 10, 2012: «Approaches to the Development of Engineering Education Doctrine in the Context of New Industrialisation» – 11 articles.

№ 11, 2012: «Engineering Education and Education Technologies within New-Type Industrialization» - 13articles + Conference Proceedings

№ 12 , 2013: «Professional-Public Accreditation of Engineering Educational Programmes» - 14 articles

№ 13 , 2013: «Practice-oriented educational technologies in Engineering Universities» - 21 articles

International cooperation

• AEER – in various international associations and networks –IFEES, ENAEE, SEFI, APEC, APQN, IPEA, Washington Accord

• AEER – initiator of international consortiums creation (Universities of Vienna, Prague, Karlsruhe, Paris, Delft, Tampere, Lisbon, Omsk technical University, North Caucasian State Technical University, Siberian Federal University, LETI, MIREA, TPU, NSTU, etc.)

• AEER – initiator of international seminars and conferences (Helsinki, Stockholm, Vienna, Paris, Prague, etc.)

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International cooperation

• AEER – participant of international projects (FP7, Tempus, LLL) • AEER – participant of international projects TEMPUS – 6th Call:

1. Applied Computing in Engineering and Science, ACES;

2. On-line Quality Assurance of Study Programmes, EQUASP;

3. Modern Educational Technologies for Math Curricula in Engineering Education of Russia, META-MATH.

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AEER role in META-MATH Project

• WP1. Math Curricula Comparative Case Study- participation in the methodology development (area: quality assurance)- participation in the study visits (particular focus - quality assurance mechanisms, especially for blended learning)- supporting a national curricula workshops- overseeing quality assurance issues in the case descriptions

• WP2. Math Curricula Modernization- general overseeing quality of the curricula reforms and their compliance with the national standards and Bologna principles (revision of the modernization plans)- contribution to the curricula evaluation workshops (e.g. preparation of the Memoranda)

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AEER role in META-MATH Project

• WP 4. Math Curricula Pilot Implementation and Evaluation- key contribution to the methodology design in order to ensure the compliance with the national quality standards- overseeing the trial implementation - final editing of the Evaluation Report- contributing to the Evaluation Workshop- assisting partner Universities in preparations for accreditation

• WP 5. Dissemination and Sustainability- cross-linkage with the project website- dissemination at all relevant national and international events- direct contacts with other Universities of Russia offering STEM curricula- contribution to the project events, website- leading accreditation and sustainability

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AEER role in META-MATH Project

• WP 6. Quality control, Management and Coordination- member of the Project Management Board- contribution to the implementation of the Quality Control process (reporting, feedbacking)- reporting and contribution to coordination meetings- member of QCWF

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Thank you for your

attention!

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