| Summary: | Upspeeding technological evolution and globalisation characterise todayỚ"s and future lives of engineers. It is vital for all institutions involved in engineering education to keep pace and to anticipate future needs. The herein presented collection of papers results from the Workshop on Global Engineering Education (GEEỚ"3) which took place at Aachen University of Technology, 18 Ớ<U+001c> 20 October 2000. In this meeting more than 150 specialists from 25 countries discussed the topic ỚSEducating the Engineer for the CenturyỚ<U+00fd>. Which role to attribute to non-technical qualifications? How to integrate ethical aspects in education? Do we have to define international standards in education? What about quality control? What is the potential of new media for knowledge transfer? How to organise lifelong learning for engineers? - These are some of the questions discussed among representatives of industries, educational institutions, politicians and individuals during this meeting. According to the sessions of the workshop, the book is subdivided into chapters covering the areas ỚSRole of the Global Engineer in Meeting the Challenges of Society in the CenturyỚ<U+00fd>, Ớ<U+00fd>Internationality and InterdisciplinarityỚ<U+00fd>, ỚSEngineering Education in Emerging EconomiesỚ<U+00fd>, ỚSEuropean Bachelor and Master ProgrammesỚ<U+00fd>, ỚSDeveloping Personal Skills to be a Global EngineerỚ<U+00fd>. Three chapters deal with successful practice in engineering education covering the topics ỚSProgrammes, Curricula and EvaluationỚ<U+00fd>, ỚSEducational ConceptsỚ<U+00fd>, and ỚSUniversity-Industry Partnership, Design ProjectsỚ<U+00fd>.
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