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“Bologna process” as trigger for changes at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Osijek

Changes in the academic community are slow and the “Bologna process” has been welcomed and recognized as a long needed trigger for change in the engineering education. We started by recognizing the present state-of-the-art of CE (civil engineering) education in Europe and world. A 3+2+3 educational model has been chosen, maximum work load of students has been set and the core CE and optional subjects were fitted in the frame set. As the results of this intensified work new teaching and evaluation methods were introduced, as well as innovative method of integrating specialist studies with life-long-learning of engineers. Defined is the QA/QC strategy and the Faculty has introduced HRN EN ISO 9001:2000. Encountered are also problems like: small wages that make educational jobs less attractive ; academic society is closed and does not enable transfer of people to-and-from industry thus preventing experienced engineers from entering academia ; applied practical sciences are taught by people that have little or no practical experience ; only research results published in international journals are evaluated for promotions of teachers while their impact on our everyday life is none ; teaching and research equipment are distributed based on previous research records which makes it impossible for small universities to advance ; mobility of students and teachers is low even within Croatia ; there is a great danger that we educate good bureaucrats instead of creative engineers and teachers. We strongly feel that these problems should be recognized at the national level as they could endanger positive results of the initiated changes.

bologna process, achievements, problems

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