Present and Future Challenges in Engineering Education and the Strategies of IGIP

Never has the speed of development in the area of engineering been as accelerated as it is today, as we observe the enormous and driven growth of the area of engineering as well as a shortening of innovation cycles. On the other hand a mayor shift happens in educational processes in general. Both tendencies require concerted new efforts in engineering education or in other words, the importance of pedagogy in the field of engineering is growing enormously. These changes strongly demand new didactic and pedagogic paradigms. The International Society of Engineering Education (IGIP) offers to contribute to the relevance and pedagogical aspects related to developing educational concepts in engineering education.