Description: "The world is changing and becoming increasingly smaller as the technology and allow free movement for people to be interconnected in any corner of the world through GLOBALIZATION. The next target is the globalization of higher education. More specifically, it is about the internationalization of QUALITY ASSURANCE in higher education." Steve O. Michael, Rector of Arcadia University, Philadelphia, USA. Global world brings global problems in Quality in Manufacturing Engineering. Economic pressures urge manufacturers to make more customized products of high quality, in smaller series, with shorter lead time and of course, without increased costs. Time is becoming rapidly the most strategic topic of companies. Costs are also important, more important are competitive price and the most significant are marketability of manufactured products. Therefore producers look for tools to increasing a competitive advantage of enterprises. Naturally the universities have to know to respond on global problems and to be prepared to educate the specialist. The new methods of Manufacturing Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Machining and Virtual Prototyping are indeed strong tools for solving the global problems. Such as the production is global also education has global dimension. New forms of education such as e-learning give good possibility to extend collaboration among universities. All activities concerning the “e” (electronic) are keys for solving of global problems of producers and global problems of universities. Except global problem in education it is needful to solve legislative frame of common interest. Joint programs give a good platform for increasing of collaborated universities. Therefore the subject of new CEEPUS network is titled “Design, implementation and use of joint programs regarding Quality in Manufacturing Engineering“. The main goal is the elaboration and implementation of Joint programs in study area of Manufacturing Engineering and Quality in Manufacturing Engineering.

Contact Person: Ivan Sovilj Nikic
Period of realization: 2015 - 2016
ID: CIII-RO-0058-08-1516