The Special Interest Group in Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning celebrated its 45th anniversary at the SEFI Annual Conference in Tampere. The group was created at the General Assembly in 1980 in Paris, France. A small working group (Anikó Kalman, Alfredo…
List of SEFI Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and their activities at the Annual Conference in Tampere, Finland 15-18 September 2025, Tampere University SEFI activities take place year-round, primarily within our Special Interest Groups. Below is an overview of the sessions…
Madrid, 9 July 2025 — In a dynamic session hosted by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid’s Leganés Campus, SEFI Board Member Dr. Ramon Vilanova Arbos (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ) and Prof. Dr. Paloma Diaz from the…
📍 Eindhoven, The Netherlands📅 20–23 May 2025 The SEFI PhD Summer School 2025, held at the inspiring JADS Den Bosch, brought together 36 PhD students from 13 countries for four days of intensive learning, reflection, and connection. Hosted by TU Eindhoven in collaboration with the 4TU.Centre for Engineering…
UPDATE: We sincerely thank all participants for their interest in the 2025/26 intake. The survey is now closed. Respondents will be notified during the week of 15 July 2025 regarding the next steps. For those who missed this round, the next application…
Follow your special interests with SEFI groups SEFI offers an opportunity to delve into specific topics of engineering education with the Special Interest Groups. At the annual conference in Budapest, the groups organised multiple workshops and held well-attended meetings open…
Prof Yolande Berbers, vice-president of SEFI, coaches Reform of Engineering Education in Congo Prof Yolande Berbers, vice-president of SEFI, was asked to join a key initiative of the World Bank (Washington D.C.) to initiate an in-depth reform of the educational…
Survey: Curriculum changes in European engineering education We kindly invite you to participate in a survey that aims to deliver insights in current curriculum designs and curriculum changes in Europe's engineering education, especially in connection to membership of international engineering…
This event organized in collaboration with Petrus Communication in CEDEP (Fontainebleau, France) is intended to make people of companies and academia discuss the topic of the Engineer of the future. Many companies sent delegates for this great debate such as:…
On 22 June 2017 Professor John Mitchell gave a very inspiring Inaugural Lecture entitled “Re-engineering Engineering Education” (University College London, Centre for EE) that I had the pleasure to attend. Prof. Mitchell, who is also member of the SEFI Board…