• DocumentCode
    607101
  • Title

    Engineering outreach programs at the Public University of Navarre: A holistic approach

  • Author

    Lopez-Martin, Antonio ; Sanchis, Pablo ; Perez-Artieda, G. ; Gubia, E. ; Morato, Daniel ; Astrain, D. ; Barrenechea, Edurne ; Lopez Taberna, J. Lopez ; Matias, Ignacio

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Ind. & Telecommun. Eng., Public Univ. of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    13-15 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    648
  • Lastpage
    651
  • Abstract
    A set of outreach initiatives implemented at the School of Industrial and Telecommunications Engineering of the Public University of Navarre is described. During the six academic years where these initiatives have been carried out, a 10% increase in the intake of engineering students has been observed, which is even more valuable considering the global decrease of new students in the region during this period. Feedback from students evidences that the activities carried out improve knowledge about the degrees offered and motivation towards engineering studies, specially the onsite workshops programmed at high schools and the open-door day.
  • Keywords
    further education; telecommunication engineering education; Engineering outreach programs; Public University of Navarre; engineering students; holistic approach; Companies; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Europe; Telecommunications; European Higher Education Area; engineering outreach; outreach programs; student recruitment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Berlin
  • ISSN
    2165-9559
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-6111-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2165-9559
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EduCon.2013.6530175
  • Filename
    6530175