Universities in the Western Balkan (WB) region that offer study programs in telecommunication engineering are experiencing a reduced number of students despite the fact that telecommunications is a pillar in modern economy. The major reason is that the telecom industry is passing through significant changes and the labor market requires a new profile for the telecom engineer (TE): a professional that is trained in the broad ICT domain, that owns both technical and market oriented skills and, therefore, that can contribute to the techno-economic society challenges. To render the study program more attractive and to boost the TE profile, the project BENEFIT will work on three main pillars:
A) the cooperation between HEIs and industry to modernize the study program in telecommunication engineering;
B) the adoption of modern teaching methodologies and tools, the upgrade of the infrastructure, and the creation of joint university-industry labs;
C) the implementation of training of both teachers and students.
Furthermore, to increase the level of cooperation, visibility and sustained opportunities the project will develop an integrated e-platform giving access to class material for e-learning, training/internships in the region, listing of universities and companies, employment opportunities, and events of both technical nature and accessible to the general public.
Therefore, BENEFIT will contribute to shape a modern profile of graduates in telecom/ICT engineering bridging the gap with the job market needs, which is a concrete action in response to the recently announced programmatic goals by WB countries.
UNIVERSITAET KLAGENFURT![]() |
UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 65-67 9020 KLAGENFURT https://www.aau.at/ email: project-benefit@aau.at |
UNIVERZITET U BANJOJ LUCI![]() |
BULEVAR VOJVODE PETRA BOJOVICA BB 78000 BANJA LUKA Bosnia And Herzegovina |
UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU![]() |
OBALA KULINA BANA 7 71000 SARAJEVO Bosnia And Herzegovina |
UNIVERZITET U NISU![]() |
UNIVERZITETSKI TRG 2 18000 NIS Serbia https://www.ni.ac.rs/en/ |
JAVNA USTANOVA UNIVERZITET U TUZLI UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM TUZLAENSIS![]() |
DR TIHOMILA MARKOVICA 1 75000 TUZLA Bosnia And Herzegovina http://www.untz.ba |
UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU![]() |
STUDENTSKI TRG 1 122 11000 BEOGRAD Serbia http://www.bg.ac.rs/en/index.php |
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Osijek![]() |
KNEZA TRPIMIRA 2 B 31000 OSIJEK Osječko-baranjska županija https://www.ferit.unios.hr |
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI![]() |
KONGRESNI TRG 12 1000 LJUBLJANA Extra-Regio NUTS 3 http://www.uni-lj.si |
UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU![]() |
DR ZORANA DINDICA 1 21000 NOVI SAD Serbia http://www.uns.ac.rs |