Title :
The Global Engineering Education Exchange Program-a worldwide initiative
Author :
Gerhardt, L.A. ; Martin, Sebastien
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe how, with the aim of globalization of the engineering curriculum and educational experience, the Global Engineering Education Exchange Program, (Global EEE) was formulated in the USA in 1994. The Program, focusing specifically on undergraduate engineering, offers students one or two semester academic experiences outside of the US at highly reputed international universities, as well as industrial internships. Centrally administered by the Institute of International Education in NYC, the student continues to pay tuition at their home institution, and is assured of full credit transfer for courses taken for which equivalency has been established and approved a priori.
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; teaching; Global Engineering Education Exchange Program; USA; academic experience; courses; educational experience; engineering curriculum; globalization; industrial internships; international universities; students; undergraduate engineering; worldwide initiative; Asia; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering education; Engineering management; Environmental management; Europe; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.839245
