Title :
Education for engineering in Japan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Engineering education in Japan is characterized by an emphasis on group work on a strong grounding in fundamentals in pre-university education, and by career-long on-the-job training (OJT) through a mentor system, and rotation within his/her company. Universities teach fundamentals, and perform a useful screening function for employers through their entrance examinations. Career-long mutual commitment between engineer and employer, with concomitant investment in OJT and considerable job rotation, results in the natural development of design-for-manufacturability skills
Keywords :
education; engineering; training; Japan; OJT; design-for-manufacturability; engineering education; entrance examinations; mentor system; on-the-job training; pre-university education; Continuing education; Educational institutions; Educational products; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Grounding; Investments; Multiskilling; On the job training; Systems engineering education;
Conference_Titel :
University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1993., Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial
Conference_Location :
Research Triangle Park, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0990-1
DOI :
10.1109/UGIM.1993.297032
