Global Engineering Education is a field of study that focuses on the impact of globalization on the engineering industry.

Impact

The number of engineers coming from outside the United States has risen significantly in recent years. 2008 data shows that the number of engineers graduating from university in China and India has risen by 9.9 and 10.4 percent, respectively.

History

Over the past decade or so educators and researchers have made an effort to transform engineering education in light of global trends in the profession. In 1985, the National Research Council issued a study that spotlighted the need for universities to graduate engineers with professional skills. This message was reinforced through a 1994 joint report published by the Engineering Deans Council and ASEE that stated, “Today, engineering colleges … must educate their students to work as part of teams, communicate well, and understand the economic, social, environmental and international context of their professional activities.”

Global Competency

Global competency is essential for engineers from any country who now compete in an international market for engineering know-how. No longer is cultural sensitivity needed only for product design destined for diverse markets. Increasingly, successful entry into the engineering profession requires significant intercultural skills in order to join efficient and productive collaborations with diverse engineering colleagues. Those colleagues may be encountered “virtually” at a distance, in person at an international site, or next door in the office of a multinational corporation. Outsourcing is increasing, not only for products but also for processes, including highly technical engineering work. Projects are distributed across sites and effective collaboration requires professionals who can work productively with colleagues who are very different from themselves.

Resources

GlobalHUB is the world's first virtual organization dedicated to global engineering and global engineering education. Whether one is a student looking for a virtual team for a global service learning project, or a faculty member interested in integrating global engineering content into lecture courses, or a researcher studying cross-cultural teams, this is a National Science Foundation sponsored engineering virtual organization.

IEEE Education Society

IEEE Education Society

The IEEE Education Society is a society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , focused on the theory and practice of education and educational technology needed to deliver effectively domain knowledge in the fields of interest of IEEE.- History :The IEEE Education Society was...

 belongs to the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its major objective is to strive a global leader in engineering education. The organization of education engineering worldwide conferences as they are the EDUCON and the FIE - Frontiers in Education Conference with an open view of all the publications included there as well the integration of engineering educator leaders along all the world in the Administration Committee allows a world integration of different views and perspectives. Newly publication IEEE-RITA (Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías del Aprendizaje - Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologías de Aprendizagem - Latin-American Learning Technologies Journal) incorporates a new vision of technology and engineering education in Spanish and Portuguese languages.

Benchmark Organizations

These are some higher education institutions around the world that focus on global engineering education

• Purdue University
  Purdue University
  Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
  
  , USA
• International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island
  University of Rhode Island
  The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
  
  
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Shanghai Jiao Tong University or SJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University , is a top public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China...
  
  , China
• Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities...
  
  , USA
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech , is a public land-grant university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia with other research and educational centers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and internationally.Founded in...
  
  , USA
• University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering, USA
• University of Wisconsin Madison, College of Engineering, USA
• University of British Columbia
  University of British Columbia
  The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
  
  , Canada
• Spanish University of Distance Education - UNED, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department - DIEEC, Spain
• Deccan Herald