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Master Degree in Industry 4.0
Erasmus+ CBHE
610455-EPP-1-2019-1-MY-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
11/2019 – 11/2023
999,305.00 €
Cambodia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia
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Master Degree in Industry 4.0 / Ind4.0
The project has been awarded a grant from the European Framework of ERASMUS+ KA2 Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education Programme. InD4.0 aims to deliver an MSc Programme in Industry 4.0 that will be offered by the Higher Education Institutions from Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia all belonging to the ASEAN region. In recognizance of the multidisciplinary nature of Industry 4.0, the programme will have an inherent multidisciplinarity combining a range of technological sectors e.g. cyber-physical systems, internet of things and big data analytics with application fields of high importance for the project’s partner countries from both an industrial and economic perspective. The MSc’s structure will thus encompass core courses to provide fundamental technological knowledge of Industry 4.0, which will serve as the foundation for orientation courses that will offer specialization in vertical and horizontal value-creation chains of four key industries, namely Manufacturing, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Pervasive Health.
As a result, the project will adopt a multidisciplinary approach addressing a group of thematic priorities set for the Asian region by providing learning tools, frameworks and methodologies for various core courses that will integrate information and communication technologies, physics, mathematics and engineering all comprising essential scientific fields to understand and realize the technological components of Industry 4.0. The project will also address the regional thematic priorities of manufacturing and processing, agriculture, fisheries and health as application domains of the Industry 4.0 paradigm through specialization courses that will be arranged as a mix of theory and application, in a context of project-based education.
In order to provide an enhanced learning experience and provide students with the opportunity to see how strict academic and theoretical concepts relate to real-life scenarios and situations, the courses will follow a STEM 4.0 approach that takes advantage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Objectives of the project
The aim of the project is to provide practical solution so as to help closing the gap between industry needs/expectations and educational system outputs, in relation Industry 4.0 in the target countries.
The objectives of the project are to:
- to develop new specialized curricula and an innovative MSc programme on Industry 4.0 thus helping build the capacity of the partner countries’(PC) HEIs, improve the level of competences and skills offered, and address the existing absence of a similar programme.
- to establish viable synergies and links with the regional industry (and in particular to the Manufacturing. Agriculture/Aquaculture and Health sectors) in order to address their needs in Industry 4.0 –ready personnel, training needs and enhance the employability of graduates.
- to reinforce the infrastructure of the PC HEIs by establishing Industry 4.0 Laboratories (I4Ls) that will act as foci for research and innovation in the area thus ensuring that Industry 4.0 education will remain high in the regional priorities agenda for a long time after the project has been completed.
- to reinforce the capacity of the PC HEIs by training their academic staff in the new courses and appropriate delivery methods. This will be achieved by developing a training VLE to support the PC HEIs’ academic staff during and after the project.
- to stimulate greater human connectivity through the exchange of students and staff, which is enabled through global and regional networks, and consortium of higher education institutions.
- to promote cooperation, exchange of know-how and good practices in the subject area between the European Union and PC HEIs.
Expected Main Results
The results of the Work Packages of the projects are described as follows:
Work Package 1 – Identification of similar curricula and needs assessment in the subject area
Work Package 2 – Development of the InD4.0 MSc Curriculum & VLE
Work Package 3 – Development of specialised educational material, establishment of “Industry 4.0 Labs” in Partner Countries & Capacity Building Training Workshops
Work Package 4 – Accreditation and Delivery of the Industry 4.0 MSc Programme
Work Package 5 – Quality Assurance and Monitoring
Work Package 6 – Dissemination and Exploitation
Work Package 7 – Management and Coordination
Project Partners
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) - Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) - Malaysia
- Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) - Malaysia
- University of Heng Samrin Thbongkhmum (UHST) - Cambodia
- National University of Battambang (NUBB) - Cambodia
- National Mean Chey University - Cambodia
- Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) - Cambodia
- Syiah Kuala University - Indonesia
- Universitas Sumatera Utara - Indonesia
- Hellenic Open University (HOU) - Greece
- University of Guglielmo Marconi Studios (USGM) - Italy
- La Sapienza University of Rome - Italy
- Skybridge Partners - Greece
- Metropolitan College (AMC) - Greece
- BK-Consult - Germany