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Acquisition of Key Practical Skills in the Field of Environmental Engineering

In the year 2012 Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering introduced a new university program – Environmental Engineering. Despite the good recognition and establishment of this profession in Europe and the world, when entering the labour market in Croatia, graduate students encountered several problems, most of them connected too low recognition of the occupation. To gain better visibility of the program and enhance competences of students a project was designed and implemented. The purpose of the project is to develop key practical skills through the development, improvement, and implementation of professional practice in the undergraduate and graduate study program of Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering. A network of professional partnerships with institutions and the private sector has been established to enable students to apply the knowledge acquired during higher education in practice and to expand the theoretical knowledge by working in the real sector. This experience aims to facilitate the later employment of students. Also, goal is to establish a Career Development Centre and strengthen social cohesion in Croatia and therefore increase the number of students in STEM area. Main users of this project are divided into three categories, teaching and non-teaching staff ; undergraduate and graduate students ; private and public sector. Teaching and non-teaching staff use this project to implement new systems of professional practice, to participate in additional competences workshops and to improve professional development programs and workshops for the education of professional practice mentors. Private and public sector will also benefit from outcomes of the project since the new generations of engineers will be trained and included in new internship programs over the years in the field of Environmental Engineering. The transfer of knowledge and experience within the proposed project addresses all target groups with long-term positive effects on end users. This paper aims to present novel methods of professional practice as well presentation of project outcomes.

Professional practice ; Environmental Engineering, Undergraduate study, Graduate study, Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering

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