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 The purpose of the
National Resource Center on International Engineering Education is to provide
engineering and language educators, international program
administrators, deans, provosts, presidents, corporate leaders, as
well as public sector representatives an opportunity to bolster their
efforts to educate
American engineers for today's global workplace. At the
University of Rhode Island, our efforts in this regard have been very
rewarding:
- The University of Rhode Island is educating more bilingual and
cross-culturally competent engineers than any other university in the
country.
- Approximately 175 URI students are currently completing degrees in
both engineering and language and culture.
- Over 150 IEP students have completed six-month
internships in German
speaking
countries.
- IEP grads have all found excellent career opportunities and are in
very high demand.
- Internship placement opportunities with over
40 partner firms in Europe and Latin
America are available through the IEP.
- URI's IEP, its students and faculty, have been the recipients of
several awards from the German government, the German Academic Exchange
Service, the the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and
so on.
- URI's IEP has been supported by grants from the U.S. and German
governments, from several foundations, and from many of its partner
companies.
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