ABOUT PROJECT
The AdapTM Project is supported by the Erasmus + Programme, Key Action 2, Capacity Building in Higher Education.
The AdapTM project supports the modernisation, development and internationalisation strategy of the partner Egyptian Institutions, aligning Master degrees with the needs of Industry and the Society, and creating links with European institutions.
The overall wider objective, to which the project will contribute, is to continue the reform of the system of higher education in the area of applied Physical sciences (Environmental science) in Egypt to comply with the Bologna Declaration and according to the demands of the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET 2020), aimed at improving of the quality and efficiency of educational process. The aim of the project is to ensure the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary Master degree study programme &ldquoSmart Environment and Climate Change Management&rdquo through conduction of joint interdisciplinary research, devoted to the synergy between theory and practice in sustainable development, in order to support Egypt with the integration of emerging technologies in environment management in a competence-based education system, hence advancing higher education according to the Bologna Process and European standards for quality of education. The objectives and foreseen outcomes of the proposed project: &ndash to design Master degree study programme curriculum integrated with the European education and research systems, in order to establish international standards of academic knowledge- to involve researchers and practitioners into communication and to establish their joint participation in the educational process and research- to train the academic staff of EG universities to be able to use a Master degree &ldquoSmart Environment and Climate Change Management&rdquo- to establish mechanisms and evaluation criteria that give a full analysis of the education process and content of courses as well as help to identify their strengths and weaknesses- to implement innovative learning methods and a new collaboration platform for learning and academic environment to support the educational process- to demonstrate the benefits of education based on the principles of Bologna process and European standards of quality in education.
Today, climate change Phenomena is one of the greatest current challenges for modern societies that is influencing the development of the maritime industry. The Maritime Postgraduate Studies Institute (MPI) provides a new Master of Science program in Smart Environment and Climate Change Management «SECCM», designed under the umbrella of the EU projects program (Erasmus+) with participation of number of European and Egyptian universities. «SECCM» Program is a unique Program that combining natural applied sciences to study the causes and effects of climate change, as well as, dealing with and adapt its potential effects. The program also prepares graduates with the required knowledge and skills to engaged in work associated with local, regional and international institutions, which deal with climate change. The SECCM is an international joint MSC program that offering Fifteen «15» international specialized internship opportunities for students enrolled in the first batch at one of the European Universities that participated in the program. Moreover, a number of distinguished multinational professors will participate in teaching number of the program modules. The SECCM program is using the ECTS &ldquothe European CHS&rdquo according to the Bologna Convention (ECTS 120) equivalent to AAST 48 Credit Hours. The program will be provided in English within a period of two years divided into three class room semesters and a fourth semester for the MSC thesis. When a student successfully passes the core courses at the first and second semesters, he/she submits a research proposal of his/her thesis in a subject that shall be determined by his/her supervisor in consultation with the academic supervision committee appointed by the MPI.
The Program Objectives:
- Understand global climate change, its causes and its impact on human living and environmental conditions.
- Provide graduates with the necessary knowledge, skills and required experience enable them to carry out studies and analyzes of climate change and its impacts.
- Achieving the integration of the different basic sciences he needs specialized in the management of climate and environmental changes.
- Linking scientific research to applied fields through the use of distinguished specialists in the field of climate change from industrialists and research centers.
- Serving the community by spreading awareness and scientific culture of Climatic and environmental changes in order to reduce its impact as well as financial and human losses.
- Contribute to scientific studies leading to provide solutions for Short and long-term challenges posed by climate change.
Partners:
University of Catania, UNICT, Italy
Klaipėda University, KU, Lithuania
Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia, EMUNI, Slovenia
Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport, AASTMT, Egypt
Alexandria University, AU, Egypt
Suez Canal SCU, Egypt
South Valley University, SVU, Egypt
National Observatory of Athens, NOA, Greece