Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-rnpqb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-25T18:51:50.052Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Materials Science And Engineering Education In Estonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Enn Mellikov ,
Priit Kulu  and
Andres Öpik
Enn Mellikov
Affiliation:
Tallinn Technical University, Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn 19086, ESTONIA
Priit Kulu
Affiliation:
Tallinn Technical University, Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn 19086, ESTONIA
Andres Öpik
Affiliation:
Tallinn Technical University, Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn 19086, ESTONIA
Get access

Abstract

The background of Estonian higher education in materials science and engineering is given and results of the reform of the higher education system in the Republic of Estonia are described. The formation of Centers of Strategic Competence in Materials Science is highlighted as one of the main results of this reform. The activities and results in the field of the development of an internationally recognized science-based curriculum for under- and postgraduate studies are described.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 632: Symposium HH – Materials Science and Engineering Education in the New Millenium , 2000 , HH5.8
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Good, M. L., Physics Today, 23–27 (1996).Google Scholar
2. Mellikov, E., Kulu, P., Kaps, T. and Öpik, A., JME, 21, 1&2, 77 (1999)Google Scholar
3. Mellikov, E. and Öpik, A., MRS Bulletin, 10, 6–8 (1999)Google Scholar
4. Gür, T. M., Adv. Mater, 8, 883 (1996).Google Scholar
5. McTague, J. P., MRS Bulletin, 22, 5 (1997).Google Scholar
6. Schwartz, L. H., Adv. Mater. & Processes, 2, 110 (1996)Google Scholar
7. Fine, M.E. and Marcus, H. L., Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci., 24, 1–17(1994)Google Scholar
8. Kübarsepp, J. and Kiili, J., Proceedings of the 4th European Forum for Continuing Engineering Education, Trondheim, 1999, pp. 221–227 Google Scholar