Higher Education: The Need For An International Perspective

The continuing demand for availability of engineering graduates with global viewpoint is strategically important to the economic welfare of today’s businesses and industries. This unparalleled need is essentially provoked by swift changes in advanced technologies and an evermore-global competitive environment. The success of this workforce will then depend on the availability of an educational system capable of responding to these new requirements. In other words, the public debate and trust which is fading away, is that the educational system as a whole is disconnected from the professional ethics, students and society’s needs and equally important the perspective of international issues.