DocumentCode
2750232
Title
Attracting student vocations into engineering careers: EnginyCAT: Catalonia promotional and prospective plan
Author
Jofre, Luís ; Cordoba, Joanfra ; Robert, Laura
Author_Institution
EnginyCAT, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fYear
2010
fDate
14-16 April 2010
Firstpage
1759
Lastpage
1762
Abstract
In the developed countries vocational demand for scientific and technical studies is a serious concern for government, universities and companies and different analysis and programs are promoted to try to compensate the steady decrease of their demand. In this communication the phenomena for Spain, with an spatial emphasis in Catalonia, will be reviewed in the European context, and some clues for promoting new engineering vocations will be given.
Keywords
educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; vocational training; Catalonia; European context; Spain; engineering careers; student vocations; Best practices; Context; Data engineering; Demography; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Government; Information analysis; Knowledge engineering; engineering studies promotion; engineering vocations;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Madrid
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-6570-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492415
Filename
5492415
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