Author(s): G. De Cesare; N. Stainier; J. L. Vandries
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Keywords: Continuing education and training; Postgraduate studies; Hydraulic schemes; University; Engineering companies; Public authorities; Lecturer; Sharing of teaching; University training politics
Abstract: The transfer and constant development of engineering techniques in hydraulics were classically the principal missions of universities. The latest university-based scientific developments need to be enlarged by state-of-the-art technological applications used by the private sector, completed by public administration requirements, thus forming a real compilation of the key competencies for hydraulic engineers. Bringing all these real-life partners together in a single postgraduate course syllabus, allows the valorisation of the competence of the numerous involved Swiss and foreign institutions that are the holders of an important potential of knowledge and know-how in hydraulic schemes. The involved partners from academia (54%) and non-academic institutions (engineering companies: 19%, public administrations 27%) share the teaching involving 81 lecturers in all. The main interest of a training where teachers come from different origins lies in the fact that it allows the treatment of the major complementary aspects of the chosen subjects. The variety of implicated private partners covers the main subjects encountered during a typical project in the field of hydraulic structures and schemes.
Year: 2003