Mechatronic Education - an important way to improve the technological education for young people in Romania

The Mechatronics is the synergetic combination of precision mechanical engineering, electronic control and systems thinking in the design of products and processes. Mechatronics as a highly interdisciplinary domain involves sensors, actuators, data bases, system modelling, locomotion, system control and data acquisition. In Mechatronics there is a need to develop interdisciplinary programs to better prepare graduates to design, build, and operate the products and systems of today and tomorrow. The European Commission recognises that meeting the Lisbon challenge requires to rethink education and training to promote efficient and optimal learning. The tasks and the problems solving in mechatronics requires cognitive and operational knowledge and practical experience about building systems, diagnosis and maintenance-techniques. Any education programme that aims to be useful and to support the local industry has to have a balance between academic and practical work.