Technological development, sustainability: Discussions about international aspects of engineering education

Abstract

Engineers are among the main agents of promotion of development in the world and the formation of a new kind of engineer is the priority to face the future economical and political market. Nations are recognizing the importance of engineers once they are the ones that make possible the world goes round. Engineering Schools worldwide have implemented more flexible programs, more investments in labs and equipments, promoted more exchanges programs and so on. It is the education evolution in order to adequate the formation of engineers of the 21st. Century. This work discusses an important issue as the engineer formation under the perspective of the international academic midst. COPEC — Council of Researches in Education and Sciences has a history of action in engineering education, conceiving and implementing projects with success. However, more and more it is necessary the permanent attention to the changes in world scenario concerning the political, economical and social aspects of the country and the globe. This awareness helps to develop and implement new programs in order to form the engineer for tomorrow. Although it is not an easy task it is the way to assure the future of engineering as well as the development of science and technology.