Global Engineering Study
In Search of Global Engineering Excellence: Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for the Global Workplace
The target of the initiative Global Engineering Excellence is to uncover important facts about the importance of engineering in the world’s markets, the education of engineers on a worldwide basis and the needs for future engineering profiles, as well as to give recommendations for improvement for all stakeholders. And all this from a global perspective – for the first time ever.
Engineers play a critical role in fueling the global economy. Industry needs highly educated, entrepreneurial engineers to ensure innovation and technological leadership. Industry needs engineers who strive for the best in a high-performance, highly competitive global market. Industry needs a new breed of engineer: technically broad, commercially savvy, and globally adept.
As a leading international automotive supplier in the high-tech sector, Continental is strongly committed to promoting the global advancement of engineering education and the development of young engineers. The report, In Search of Global Engineering Excellence: Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for the Global Workplace, reflects that commitment. It also reflects the commitment of an international team of scholars from eight universities known for their engineering programs.
Study Design
The initiative for Global Engineering Excellence studies the influence and importance of technological expertise and education on the competitiveness of nations, people, and companies. "We want to identify, for example, success factors for the development of engineers based on an international comparison," says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reiner Anderl, vice president of TU Darmstadt.
Study Results
The ability to live and work in a global community is – today – an important requirement for engineering graduates. They need to have broad engineering skills and know-how, be exible and mobile, and be able to exible and work internationally.
Providing these competencies will require the collaborative actions of industry, government, academia, and engineering-related agencies and organizations to address four critical challenges.
Study Order
The study In Search of Global Engineering Excellence: Educating the Next Generation of Engineers for the Global Workplace is available in several languages and different versions: long, medium and summary. Download here
