Exchanging experience of four different Tempus Mechatronice projects: Egypt-EU partnership

This paper explores and exchanges the experience gained from four different joint European projects directed mainly to the field of Mechatronics and funded by Tempus (Trans-European Mobility Program for University Studies) with about 3 millions €. These Mechatronics projects are based on consortium activities of EU-Egyptian and Jordanian partnership at different higher education levels including undergraduates and postgraduates programs. For successful outcomes of these projects the partnership also comprises other industrial and NGO´s partners to reach practical higher educational Mechatronics programs complying with the real need for the industry and communities at the third party countries in Egypt and Jordan. In line with the objective of this paper, the author will demonstrate the typical features, difficulties, expected outcomes, replication, sustainability and the disseminations role in the W projects that are designed to benefit the Middle East partners and neighbor countries.