CDIO inventory and plan for KTH's Master of Science in Engineering programmes
The project involves creating knowledge about the extent to which KTH's Master of Science in Engineering programmes contain the fundamentals of CDIO and proposing how CDIO (both practically and strategically) can be integrated into quality management systems for education at KTH.
Project context
There is a lack of concretisation of what within CDIO (a pedagogical framework used globally in engineering education) KTH considers to be the minimum for a Master of Science in Engineering programme at KTH. After years of strong focus on, and resource allocation to, the implementation of sustainability and equality in the education, it is high time to identify the engineering content, the core, of our Master's degree programmes. "Best practice" engineering that forms the basis of the CDIO syllabus has good prospects of providing (1) essential subject knowledge and (2) the ability to handle wicked problems.
There is also a shortage of knowledge about the extent to which our education programmes contain the fundamentals of CDIO and to what extent Programme Directors (PA) and teachers know and apply the CDIO syllabus. Different programmes and areas of technology can make very different interpretations.
Purpose (outcome)
The purpose of the project is firstly to create knowledge about the CDIO status in KTH's Master's degree programmes in engineering and secondly to propose how CDIO (both practically and strategically) can be integrated into quality management systems for education at KTH.
Project results (output)
Report on the status of CDIO at KTH (strategically and in practice), including:
- Identification and definition of what is meant by ‘engineering thinking’ in different technical fields and inventory of the extent to which PAs and teachers know and apply the CDIO syllabus
- Inventory, verification and validation of the CDIO syllabus in KTH's Master of Science in Engineering programmes
- Suggestions and recommendations for how CDIO can be integrated into a quality management system for education at KTH and how the work can move forward.
Time plan
Start date: 2025-10-20
End date: 2026-04-20
Project documentation
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- Poster: The project’s first poster (in Swedish) will be available at the ”Storträffen” meetup on 2025-12-01
- Project initiation document: Projektdirektiv_FrU25_2511-ITM_CDIO (Swedish)