TY - CHAP A1 - Delahousse, Bernard A1 - Bomke, Wilhelm ED - Christensen, Steen Hyldgaard ED - Didier, Christelle ED - Jamison, Andrew ED - Meganck, Martin ED - Mitcham, Carl ED - Newberry, Byron T1 - Structural Transformations in Higher Engineering Education in Europe T2 - International Perspectives on Engineering Education N2 - This chapter aims to analyze the driving forces at work which have resulted in structural transformations that have taken place in higher engineering education throughout Europe over the last four decades. After a brief discussion of the theoretical concept of academic drift, a comparative study of two higher engineering institutions in Europe is presented: the IUTs in France, nested in the French universities, and the Fachhochschulen in Germany, which were non university institutions. The study dwells on the initial missions and status of these institutions, and the academic drift processes they have been through in this globalizing time span, with regard to their autonomy, their curricula, their pedagogical methods, the recruitment of their students and staff, and their research opportunities Finally, the dynamics of these transformations will be analyzed in the light of national and international standards and requirements. KW - Academic drift KW - Higher engineering education KW - Research KW - Structural transformation KW - Vocational drift Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-16168-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16169-3_3 VL - 20 SP - 71 EP - 94 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER -