Broadening Engineering Education Through International Programs

In recent years there has been a rapid move to globalize engineering profession through outsourcing product development, manufacturing and service. Nowhere has this been more obvious than in automotive and computer/software industry. Realizing the need to provide some aspects of global education to engineering and computer science majors, the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn set up international programs with two institutions in Europe. The program is based on a reciprocal exchange of students and is geared towards technical education and learning. Since its inception a few years ago the program has been quite successful with outcome that has excelled in students’ understanding of global issues.