Preliminary findings to design EIE curricula harmonised to the technical global challenges

Abstract

Most of the global challenges the Europe face nowadays requires better Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE) education as the enabler of Europe's industrial competitiveness. EIE higher education tested model curricula is one of the expected outcomes of the SALEIE (527877-LLP-1-2012-1-UK-ERASMUS-ENW) project. Prior designing any example of EIE curricula in the key challenge subjects it is necessary to identify and define what are the global technical challenges which may challenge both the EIE teachers and learners technical knowledge, creativity, adaptability, communication skills etc. This paper presents the preliminary results in describing and identifying the technical global challenges the EIE graduates may face following the next few decades and proposes top level criteria to analyse EIE curricula in strong connection with the graduate skills which the industry may require.