A novel engineering systems approach for bioengineering education : the MIT-Por...

• Author(s): Tan, Junjay ; Newman, Dava J. ; Cabral, J. M. S. ; Mota, M. ; Ponte, Manuel Nunes da
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/7322
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): MIT-Portugal; Bioengineering education; International education programs; Engineering systems education
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

This paper discusses the importance of an engineering systems approach to international bioengineering education and how a new educationalresearch program, the MIT-Portugal Program Bioengineering Systems focus area, aims to develop future global bioengineering leaders. The program, comprising both post-graduate advanced studies and doctoral programs, commences in September 2007. Several other international-collaborative educational and research programs—such as the Cambridge-MIT Institute, the Singapore MIT Alliance, and the Socrates/Erasmus “Erasmus Programme”—offer lessons learned in international collaboration. The MPP Bioengineering Systems program differs from these programs in several respects. The unique collaboration in MPP offers an engineering systems approach, a joint degree offered by three Portuguese universities, and collaborative teaching and research efforts between MIT and Portuguese faculty and students.