Programme for European Cooperating States (PECS): project Space Image Processing (SIP)

Abstract

Lithuania signed the European Cooperating States (ECS) agreement in October 2014 and integrated the accord into the Plan for European Cooperating States (PECS) charter in September 2015. A collaboration of two institutions’ educational programmes – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) and the government-run National Paying Agency (NPA) – received funding under the PECS programme in 2019. The aim of the current project was to prepare the study course 'Space Image Processing' and integrate it into the VGTU study programme. The study course was developed following defined requirements and EU higher education standards regarding The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and learning outcomes. The programme was also tested, evaluated, and approved by European Space Agency (ESA) and NPA specialists. For the students, this course was as optional subject; for those who chose it, the programme helped them learn about space technologies and their use in various engineering solutions. Last, but not least, the study course 'Space Image Processing' was successfully integrated into the higher education study processes in VGTU; further, it was positively accepted by students who chose it.