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EAIR Forum 2008

How to measure the output from an Engineering College

ByKurt Johannesen

&Lars Melin

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Agenda:

• The frame – The Engineering College of Aarhus

• Methodology

• Findings

• Conclusions

• Questions and debate

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Engineering College of Aarhus

- engineering on the move

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Our two focus areas

Education and training of engineers focusing on professional and practical skills

Development of new technology in partnership with industry

Interaction with industry is a must in order to secure relevancy and quality of our courses.

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Between industry & universities

Industry IHA University

Engineering

Disciplines

Development laboratories Research laboratories

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We educate

B.Eng. (Diplomingeniører)• Architectural Design• Bioprocess Eng. *• Civil Eng.• Electronics• Information Technology• Pervasive Healthcare *• Mechanical Eng. • Business Eng. (+½ year)**

*) in cooperation with Aarhus Technical College**) in cooperation with VIA University College

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With University of Aarhus we educate

M.Eng. (Civilingeniører)

• Applied Mechanics

• Architectural Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering

• Electro-Optics

• Mechanical Engineering

• Process Technology

• Technical Geology

• Technical Information Technology

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The Danish Education System

Graphic: Cirius

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IHA in 2008

1600 students160 employees

Turnover (2006): 110 mill. Kr. 15 mill. €

Peter Bang & Svend Olufsen at IHA in 1924

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Methodology

Register based study

• National Danish Bureau of Statistics (Danmarks Statistik)

• IHA student base (STADS)

• Almost 6.000 graduates from Engineering College of Aarhus – University College are today still active on the labour market.

• All numbers and figures in this paper are based on register data for the total population 2004 from the National Danish Bureau of Statistics.

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IHA-engineers according to employment in economic sectors

IHA Diploma engineers

Total Relative

   

Manufacturing 2280 43,6

Construction 539 10,3

Trade 612 11,7

Transport 254 4,9

Finance 47 0,9

Other Private service 1414 27,0

Public service 88 1,7

Total 5234 100,0

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IHA-engineers according to level of job function

IHA Diploma engineers

Total Relative

   

Management 617 10,8

High knowledge level 3911 68,3

Medium knowledge level 873 15,2

Office 52 0,9

Service 69 1,2

Primary sector 4 0,1

Craftsmen etc. 81 1,4

Manual 49 0,9

Other 72 1,3

Total 5728 100,0

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IHA-engineers according to salary level

IHA Diploma engineers

Total Relative

In DDK    

under 100.000 450 7,9

100.000-200.000 211 3,7

200.000-300.000 445 7,8

300.000-400.000 1584 27,7

400.000-500.000 1589 27,7

500.000-600.000 842 14,7

600.000-700.000 316 5,5

over 700.000 291 5,1

Total 5728 100,0

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Findings

The graduates from IHA are doing well in the labour market. A Bachelors Degree in engineering is a good road to interesting jobs and higher salary compared to other groups of graduates.

Almost half of the engineers work in manufacturing, close to one third in private service. Other bigger sectors are construction and trade (table 1). Especially in Jutland, the western part of Denmark, many of these practical engineers are employed in small and medium size companies.

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Findings II

About 11 % work as Managers and more than 80 % at high or medium knowledge level. Only about 5 % work below the level the education is meant for (table 2).

There are differences between the different fields of engineering. Production/machine engineers have the highest percentage in management functions, Construction engineers have the biggest share at the highest knowledge level.

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Findings III

The salaries are higher than the average of people with higher education. Almost half of the graduates earn more than 400.000 Danish kroner per year (table 3). Engineers in the field of electronics enjoy the highest salaries.

Almost 20% of the students have a background as educated craftsmen

Almost 16% of the students comes from non-academic homes where both parents only accomplished primary school.

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Conclusions

Using register data tells a lot about the quantitative trends for the Graduates.

General education provides quality of life, but employment success is also important.

The social as well as the private return is worth measuring.

A knowledge account with data on the graduates is a useful tool for students, their parents, the teachers at the institution, the management level and the employers and politicians.

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EAIR Forum 2008

Thank you for your attention

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Contact

Kurt Johannesen TrendEduc

johannesen@trendeduc.dk

Lars MelinEngineering College of Aarhus – University College

lme@iha.dk