Education for engineering in Japan

Author

Frey, Jeffrey

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-19 May 1993

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Engineering education in Japan is characterized by an emphasis on group work on a strong grounding in fundamentals in pre-university education, and by career-long on-the-job training (OJT) through a mentor system, and rotation within his/her company. Universities teach fundamentals, and perform a useful screening function for employers through their entrance examinations. Career-long mutual commitment between engineer and employer, with concomitant investment in OJT and considerable job rotation, results in the natural development of design-for-manufacturability skills

Keywords

education; engineering; training; Japan; OJT; design-for-manufacturability; engineering education; entrance examinations; mentor system; on-the-job training; pre-university education; Continuing education; Educational institutions; Educational products; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Grounding; Investments; Multiskilling; On the job training; Systems engineering education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1993., Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial

Conference_Location

Research Triangle Park, NC

ISSN

0749-6877

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0990-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UGIM.1993.297032

Filename

297032