The project aims at transferring knowledge between EU higher education institutions (HEIs) and the HEIs in Mongolia to modernise university curricula in electrical engineering. Its objective is to adapt, innovate and modernise existing curricula in the three universities; to develop new e-learning courses, to test innovated curricula and to disseminate the results. With this, it fits into the development strategies of the country in both curriculum modernisation and industrialisation stimulation.The resolution of Mongolian Great Khural about Government policy for Education until 2024 states: “Curricula of Higher and Vocational education will be improved through constantly integrating the development policies, labor market needs, scientific and technological progress , citizens’ educational needs and requirements of working places.”… “Taking an active part in international and regional educational organizational activities, implementing collaborative programs and projects and exchanging alternate information will be coordinated.”To respond to the national priorities we involve enterprises in the electronics and ICT which will consult in need analysis, contents development and implementation of curricula. To the internationalisation of the HEIs is not only the collaboration with the EU HEIs and the training of Mongolian teachers in EU HEIs but the introduction of the approach with learning outcomes as a step towards credit systems and increased mobility of students and teachers.Impact: HEI with modernized curricula, laboratories equiped with new equipment; enterprises will have better educated young engineers for their needs; young specialists better prepared for the labour market and as a result higher employability; -National level: improvement of HE in Mongolia following the national priorities and strategic development; the successful implementation of modernized curricula in engineering will encourage the curricular reform in other areas of HE in Mongolia
The project’s objectives were to adapt, innovate and modernise existing curricula in the three universities; to develop new e-learning courses, to test innovated curricula and to disseminate the results. The summarised results of the project are:-Three innovated and one completely new curriculum developed and accredited at the three Mongolian universities;-27 e-learning courses developed within these curricula;-Three newly established laboratories with modern equipment purchased with Erasmus+ project grant money;-Computer laboratories with high-capacity computers, projectors, cameras, a printer and smart and white boards;-Pilot test performed with 74 students involved;-Field trial with 165 students involved; -Wider-range collaboration of Mongolian universities with industry organizations, stakeholders and entities.Impact: Institutional level: HEI with modernized curricula, designed to meet the labour market needs laboratories equipped with new equipment; experts from enterprises involved in the innovation of laboratories and in teaching activities; young specialists better prepared for the labour market and as a result higher employability – all alumni following the new curricula in 2021 were employed by Mongolian companies.National level: improvement of HE in Mongolia following the national priorities and strategic development: Action Plan for 2021-2030 of Mongolia's Long-Term Development Policy and the "Vision-2050". The successful implementation of learning outcomes approach in design courses and the credit system encouraged the curricular reform in other areas of HE in Mongolia and the credit transfer system was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports and applied by the public universities in Mongolia. Six state-owned universities have already signed cooperation agreements, exchanged courses, and agreed on credit transfer.