European Project Semester is a program offered by eight European universities in seven countries throughout Europe to third year university/college students. EPS is created with engineering students in mind, but other students are also welcome.
The EPS-program is crafted to address the design requirements of the degree and prepare engineering students with all the necessary skills to face the challenges of today's world economy. Classes are offered to students in a cohort format; that is students participating in EPS meet together as a group each day to build their engineering design skills in class and then meet in teams of 2-5 students to work on their design projects. International student teams work on interdisciplinary projects with commercial businesses and industries, carefully selected to match the students' specializations and capabilities as well as to develop their inter-cultural communication and teamwork skills.
Since the start in 1994, EPS has become a huge success. Today eight institutions in Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain , Germany and Finland cooperate closely to offer EPS programs. Other institutions outside of the network have also shown interest, so there will probably be even more EPS programs on offer in the future.
FALL SEMESTER 2010. We will also be offering a fall European Project Semester starting in September 2010 and finishing in December 2010. The application dead-line for this is May 3, 2010. Welcome with your application.
Here is the tentative shortcourses for the spring semester 2010 in Vasa; the final length and content will be distributed to all particpants on the first day of the program. In addition there will be some free-choise courses offered to the project groups.
Christian Hällund, who studied one European project semester says; To study and participate in EPS has been a very positive experience. I got to know a lot of new people from all over the world, and at the same time I completed some very interesting and useful study subjects. Therefore the EPS is something I strongly recommend to other students as well.
Christian Hällund is today working for Wartsila. The time he spent on the EPS-program gave him a lot and also the required experience to encourage him to apply by Wartsila.
Sebastian Jern, who studied one European project semester in Norway states; ” It was a great time , with lots of good memories and some friendships for life. The studies gave among other thing a good insight in how economic factors influence the project work. I have recommended this to every one I have met after returning to Vasa to finalize my studies. ”
Sebastian Jern , is today working for Wartsila in Oslo. He appreciates very much the possibility to still keep in touch with all those he got to know during the EPS-semester. Due to the experience of living and study in Norway it lowered the threshold to move to Norway to live there.
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