Period:
1 Apr 2018 – 31 Dec 2021
Coordinator:
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF)
Consortium:
Aluinvent Limited Company
Kuhn Holding GmbH
Liebherr-International AG
Montanuniversität Leoben
National Mining University
Ovidius University of Constanta
Technical University of Kosice
Technical Univesity of Sofia
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
Trinity College Dublin
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
University of Miskolc
University of Sarajevo
Zeppelin GmbH
OpESEE master’s degree programme as a project with increasing returns in the medium term, where through the multiplication (or snowball) effect increasing possibilities of entrepreneurship, job creation and economic stabilization in the region are likely.
The OpESEE (Open ESEE - East & South-East Europe) master’s degree program will create highly qualified mechanical and process engineers with a specialization in maintenance for raw materials services from the ESEE region for the ESEE region. With this project we foster a culture of innovation at the ESEE region's higher education institutions, boost entrepreneurial thinking and promote new start-ups in this strategically important region to avoid the brain-drain of highly qualified engineers. This can lead to an economic recovery for the ESEE region and it is also very likely that joint ventures and cooperation with industrial partners from other European regions will be established. The master program in maintenance engineering will develop all required key competencies for young entrepreneurs and resulting in new ideas and innovations in the field of mechanical and process engineering and further in the commercialization of these ideas and new technologies.
The OpESEE is offered by a consortium of five universities located in the ESEE region (University Miskolc, Ovidius University of Constanta, Technical University of Kosice, National Mining University (NMU Ukraine) and University of Sarajevo) and three universities located outside of the ESEE region (Montanuniversität Leoben, Trinity College Dublin, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg), complemented by a strong list of non-academic partners active in mining, material science and mechanical engineering. Through this programme we want to harvest the full potential of the ESEE region and its universities to drive innovation and thus make a big contribution to EIT RawMaterial's future contribution to the EU innovation landscape. We consider the