Critical Success Factors in Engineering Education: Some Observations and Examples

Issue title: Engineering Education

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Plattner, Bernhard

Affiliations: Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, and ETH World, ETH Zürich, ETH-Zentrum, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 44 632 7000; Fax: +41 44 632 1035; E-mail: plattner@tik.ee.ethz.ch

Abstract: This paper attempts to identify the main success factors in education in engineering and natural sciences. We identify and discuss the importance of the selection of faculty, staff, and students, the role of the way resources are allocated, the quality and quantity of infrastructures available and the institution's capability of self-reorganization. General observations are illustrated by examples taken from the university the author is affiliated with.

Journal: Information Knowledge Systems Management, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 179-190, 2004