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Are we educating engineers for sustainability?

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Purpose – The aim of this study is to contribute to the quality improvement and long-term strategic
development of education for sustainable development (ESD) in engineering education curricula.
Design/methodology/approach – The content in 70 courses in environment and SD were
characterized and quantified using course document text analysis. Additionally, two questionnaires
were sent to students and alumni at Chalmers, and interviews and focus group discussions were
conducted with representatives from 16 Swedish companies and five organizations.
Findings – It was found that industry demands a broader range of competences in SD amongst
engineers in general than what is currently provided. In total, 35 per cent of alumni claim they
encounter sustainability issues from sometimes to daily in their work. However, only half of them
believe they possess enough competences to make decisions from a sustainability perspective.
Quantity, coverage and the level of integration in the educational programme all appear to be
important for the students’ perceived competences on SD and for the importance that they put on
achieving SD.
Originality/value – Earlier research has reported on how to further develop the idea and design of
ESD and on competence needs in general. Few attempts have been made to assess industry’s needs of
competences in SD. This paper sheds light on how engineering universities educate for SD and
benchmarks this to industry’s needs in an exploratory case study, using Chalmers as an example.

Keywords Sweden, Universities, Curricula, Higher education, Sustainable development, Competences,Engineering education, Swedish industry

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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

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: Emerald Group., 2012

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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Vol. 13 No. 3, 2012 pp. 305-320

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