The global engineering deans council: transforming engineering education in a time of change

Abstract

The paper presents the history of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) creation and activities carried out by this international educational organization. The “global engineer”is defined from the perspective of this organization; the global engineering projects in Dubai are described. Moreover, the prospects for the development of engineering education in themodern global world are given.

Keywords

• глобальный инженерный совет деканов (gedc)
• разработка иаккредитация учебных планов
• организационное и инфраструктурное обеспечение инженерного образования
• «глобальный инженер»
• глобальные инженерные проекты
• global engineering deans council (gedc)
• accreditation and curriculum leadership
• institutional and policy leadership
• “global engineer”
• global engineering projects