CREATING AND DEPLOYING AN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING MASTER PROGRAM BASED ON CDIO FRAMEWORK

Electronic engineering is an indispensable major for development in the Industry 4.0 era. The demand for human resources in this industry is increasing to meet the progressive requirements in smart systems for not only the world but also Vietnam. The graduate level of Electronic Engineering has been playing an important role in creating highly qualified human resources to meet the creative requirements in this Industry 4.0 era. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FEEE), Duy Tan University (DTU) has been developed and deploying a master's degree education program in electronic engineering based on the requirements of meeting human resources for Industry 4.0. At the same time, to ensure the effectiveness, we have built this education program based on the CDIO framework with its outcomes that closely follow the output standards of CDIO. This curriculum consists of 45 credits for 3 semesters with 12 courses that help learners to have the ability to conceive, design, implement and evaluate project results and/or products in the field of electronic engineering. These works are very necessary in doing research, developing, manufacturing smart systems, and operating in industrial production line which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, safe, sustainable and societal contexts. In addition, the results of student’s thesis are requested to present at the scientific conference of Duy Tan university to show their contribution. To evaluate the effectiveness of the training program implemented at Duy Tan University, in addition to assess its outcomes, we also base on the CDIO framework evaluation criteria, especially the evaluation of employers. The evaluation results have shown that the training program meets the requirements of human resource training for Industry 4.0.