Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : Dynamics and Design Conference 2016
Date : August 23, 2016 - August 26, 2016
There seem two major streams with respect to the higher education (university education) in the world, namely an educational system in the US and a system found in EU countries. In the present report, it is attempted to summarize the recent trends of higher educational system in EU. The Bologna Process and ECTS are introduced, and recent trends observed in Finland is summarized. As an example in engineering education, the merger of three universities including Helsinki University of Technology is explained. Although Finland is not a large country with only 5.4 millions in population, their efforts are quite informative to the universities in Japan from the aspect of globalization and rapid measure to the changes surrounding universities.
