The efficiency of engineering education in English at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Abstract

The Bologna process aims to establish a coherent study space in Europe. The transfer of credits is closely related to the tuning of programmes in terms of their content and teaching quality. International students' mobility under the Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates programmes has been increasing. Hence, a comparison of the efficiency of engineering education studies in English at partner institutions has become a topical issue. In this paper, the authors deal with engineering education quality at different universities and suggest a system of indicators that are applicable for education quality estimation. The main idea is to compare the distinguished aspects of the education process and to evaluate the quality of teaching. The efficiency of different subjects (social and engineering) is estimated by applying sets of criteria, to be implemented by incorporating a proposed system of criteria into questionnaires for students at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), Vilnius, Lithuania, and participate in student mobility programmes. Processing the received responses let the authors achieve the ultimate aim, ie to trace differences in the quality of teaching. Policy implications in the field of engineering education quality management are seen as the main outcome of the presented research.