Development of Learn-by-Doing Programs on Engineering Career Education Conducted with Collaboration from Private Company Engineers

Abstract

We have constructed three characteristic internship programs which were based on the different aspects of view by thegrant in aid from MEXT of Japanese government. The most outstanding program is what we call “Market Internship”, wherethe students directly approach the market in which the engineering technologies are utilized. Then they must find out theproblems and advantages of engineering technologies from the view of consumers. The experience would result in the enhancement of motivation to study the engineering technologies. It would be substantially effective in engineering education curriculums that the engineers of private companies in which university students will get their own jobs in nearfuture could take important roles to conduct them. We believe that this activity would effective in reducing gaps they wouldfeel between before and after getting jobs in practical society, and lowering the ratio of unemployment after getting jobs