Project Objectives
Project Objectives
The aim of the project is to provide practical solution so as to help closing the gap between industry needs/expectations and educational system outputs, in relation Industry 4.0 in the target countries.The objectives of the project are to:
Develop new specialized curricula and an innovative MSc
programme on Industry 4.0 thus helping build the capacity of
the partner countries’(PC) HEIs, improve the level of
competences and skills offered, and address the existing
absence of a similar programme.
Establish viable synergies and links with the regional
industry (and in particular to the Manufacturing.
Agriculture/Aquaculture and Health sectors) in order to
address their needs in Industry 4.0 –ready personnel, training
needs and enhance the employability of graduates.
Reinforce the infrastructure of the PC HEIs by establishing
Industry 4.0 Laboratories (I4Ls) that will act as foci for
research and innovation in the area thus ensuring that
Industry 4.0 education will remain high in the regional
priorities agenda for a long time after the project has been
completed.
Reinforce the capacity of the PC HEIs by training their
academic staff in the new courses and appropriate delivery
methods. This will be achieved by developing a training VLE to
support the PC HEIs’ academic staff during and after the
project.
Stimulate greater human connectivity through the exchange of
students and staff, which is enabled through global and
regional networks, and consortium of higher education
institutions.promote cooperation, exchange of know-how and
good practices in the subject area between European Union and
PC HEIs.
