Confindustria, the employer association in Italy, says that only one fourth of the PhD  graduates go for an academic career. Read the article/ Italian 

This website is a new well developed instrument to bring Belgian engineers in contact with employers. For more info on this initiative see press release and visit www.IngenieursBelges.be

The 2012 CLAIU EU Conference will focus on the engineering doctorate in its traditional format together with new developments in relation to its structure. The fundamental characteristic of any doctorate is that it is based on original research and must have resulted in the discovery of new knowledge. Recent developments in a number of jurisdictions include the establishment of the so-called “professional doctorate”. See for all presentations to ACTIVITIES

See link to Green Paper and events

Recently the NCEES decided to change the Model Law so that all candidates for the Professional Engineer(PE) title will require a Master degree (or 30 additional credit hours beyond a bachelor’s degree) as the educational standard for licensure, starting in 2020. NSPE has supported the concept of requiring education beyond a four-year undergraduate degree since 2002 (Professional Policy 168) and has played an active role in promoting the initiative for additional education. The American Society of Civil Engineers is also a major proponent of an additional education requirement for licensure. ASCE’s Policy Statement 465 states that the civil engineering body of knowledge should be fulfilled by obtaining a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, a master’s degree, or 30 acceptable credits and experience.

The European Commission launched on 19th December 2011 a legislative proposal on the modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC). The reform of the system of recognition of professional qualifications as a means to facilitate mobility is one of the priority actions proposed by the Commission in the Single Market Act. See the website link for all information  

The CLAIU EU Conference on 11/12 February 2011 in Roma will focus on the different approaches to the formation of the professional engineer. This will include the continental European model which considers that the process is completed through a five year Master degree programme in engineering. This model will be compared to the process which prevails in jurisdictions of the Washington Accord signatories, that is, a formal education process normally through a four year Bachelor degree followed by a period of approximately four years working in industry developing professional competences.

The conference will also deal with approaches to the education and formation of engineering technicians and technologists and how these professionals contribute to industry and the profession.
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EIT- European Institute of Innovation and Technology
website: http://eit.europa.eu/

Centro Studio CNI is a non-profit organization founded by Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri (Cni) as a research institute in 1999. During the past 10 years it has carried out over 250 studies in Italy about all different aspects of the engineer’s profession like ‘public and private works, labour market, technical and economic issues, fiscal law, professional development and safety. It also provided consultancy in various fields of profession and some proposals of Law regarding the governance of liberal profession.

See www.centrostudicni.it

New report produced for the EU Commission by the Eurydice network with an overview of the progress in  46 countries  in the Bologna process. See link and report