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The European Society for Engineering Education is the leading organisation for engineering education
Engineering education

Engineering education is the activity of teaching engineering and technology, at school, college and university levels. The goal of engineering education is to prepare people to practice engineering as a profession and also to spread technological literacy, increase student interest in technical careers through science education and math educ...
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Commonly known as SEFI, an acronym for its French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 name, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs, it is also known in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 as the Europäische Gesellschaft für Ingenieur-Ausbildung. SEFI was founded in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 in 1973 and has 196 institutional members in 38 countries. It promotes information exchange about current developments in the field of engineering education, between teachers, researchers and students in the various European countries.






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The European Society for Engineering Education is the leading organisation for engineering education
Engineering education

Engineering education is the activity of teaching engineering and technology, at school, college and university levels. The goal of engineering education is to prepare people to practice engineering as a profession and also to spread technological literacy, increase student interest in technical careers through science education and math educ...
 in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Commonly known as SEFI, an acronym for its French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 name, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs, it is also known in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 as the Europäische Gesellschaft für Ingenieur-Ausbildung. SEFI was founded in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 in 1973 and has 196 institutional members in 38 countries. It promotes information exchange about current developments in the field of engineering education, between teachers, researchers and students in the various European countries. Additionally, it develops the cooperation between higher engineering education institutions and promotes cooperation with industry, acting as a link between its members and other scientific and international bodies, in collaboration with other international organisations like its European sister organisation IGIP, the American Society for Engineering Education
American Society for Engineering Education

The American Society for Engineering Education is a non-profit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and engineering technology education....
, and the Board of European Students of Technology
Board of European Students of Technology

Board of European Students of Technology is an international, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit student organisation. It strives for empowered diversity by developing students of technology, making them more internationally minded by encouraging their mobility and intercultural communication....
.

The objectives of the SEFI are achieved through the activities of thematic working groups (curriculum development, continuing education
Continuing education

Continuing education is an all encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States....
 and lifelong learning, physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
, mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
, women in engineering
Women in engineering

Women in engineering fields have history faced obstacles due to a lack of gender equity. In the United States, science and engineering have traditionally not been areas in which women are involved at a proportion equal to their general proportion in society....
, ethics
Ethics

Ethics is a word for a philosophy that encompasses proper conduct and good living. It is significantly broader than the common conception of ethics as the analyzing of right and wrong....
, information
Information technology

Information technology , as defined by the Information Technology Association of America , is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to data conv...
 and communication technologies) and through the organisation of Annual Conferences. The European Journal of Engineering Education published by Taylor and Francis
Taylor and Francis

Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. In 2004 it merged with Informa to create a new company called T&F Informa ....
 is the official journal of SEFI.

The 2009 Annual conference will be in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

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