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Τ.Ι.Μ.Ε. programme: “Top Industrial Managers for Europe”<br />
Source: A. Zabaniotou photo archive<br />
The diploma<br />
presentation ceremony<br />
at Centrale, 12/12/2008.<br />
Mult<strong>in</strong>ational and European<br />
character <strong>education</strong><br />
T.I.M.E. is a network <strong>of</strong> 51 lead<strong>in</strong>g Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Schools and Faculties as well<br />
as Technical Universities which <strong>of</strong>fers, through a system <strong>of</strong> voluntary bilateral<br />
agreements between its members, promotion and recognition <strong>of</strong> academic<br />
excellence and relevance to the <strong><strong>in</strong>ternational</strong> labour market, <strong>in</strong> the form <strong>of</strong><br />
Double Degrees <strong>in</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g and other related fields.<br />
Students chosen from amongst the best <strong>in</strong> their respective Universities study<br />
for a total <strong>of</strong> five to six years and are awarded two Master’s-level Degrees from<br />
two different countries at the end <strong>of</strong> their studies.<br />
T.I.M.E. helps its students develop qualities <strong>of</strong> (<strong>in</strong>tellectual and physical) mobility,<br />
adaptability, openness and awareness <strong>of</strong> other cultures and realities, <strong>in</strong> addition<br />
to <strong>of</strong>fer<strong>in</strong>g them <strong>in</strong>-depth eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>education</strong>.<br />
For its member <strong>in</strong>stitutions, T.I.M.E. encourages and promotes mutual academic<br />
recognition, provides opportunities for benchmark<strong>in</strong>g, and actively develops<br />
quality <strong>in</strong> higher <strong>education</strong>.<br />
The programme is recognized and funded by the EU. The management <strong>of</strong><br />
funds is performed by École Centrale Paris (http://www.ecp.fr).<br />
History <strong>of</strong> T.I.M.E.<br />
T.I.M.E. was created <strong>in</strong> 1989 at École Centrale Paris, a lead<strong>in</strong>g French eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
school. It was built around the concept, very <strong>in</strong>novative at the time, <strong>of</strong><br />
the Double Degree <strong>in</strong> eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g at a Master’s level.<br />
The network had 16 found<strong>in</strong>g members, all lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions <strong>in</strong> their own<br />
countries, and there were 29 members when the “T.I.M.E. Association” was formally<br />
<strong>in</strong>corporated on May 15th, 1997.<br />
Current membership is 51 <strong>in</strong>stitutions from 20 different countries. New members<br />
jo<strong>in</strong> by <strong>in</strong>vitation only. Only lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stitutions, committed to T.I.M.E.’s<br />
>>><br />
by Anastasia Zabaniotou,<br />
associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor,<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Chemical<br />
Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, AUTh.<br />
Internationalization <strong>of</strong><br />
high-level Education<br />
for Eng<strong>in</strong>eers through<br />
application <strong>of</strong> a common<br />
curriculum, address<strong>in</strong>g<br />
students from the<br />
best Universities and<br />
Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Schools <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>dustrialized countries.<br />
│INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN EDUCATION│