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Engineering Education and Curriculum Development

Engineering Education and Curriculum Development is a research topic within Media Technology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and assessment of engineering education, with an emphasis on outcome-based education, curriculum development, and the acquisition of professional skills. It explores topics such as accreditation, globalization's impact, and the importance of lifelong learning and teamwork skills in engineering. The papers also discuss competency-based models and various assessment methods in the context of engineering education.

  • Engineering Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Outcome-Based Education
  • Assessment Methods
  • Professional Skills
  • Globalization
  • Accreditation
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Teamwork Skills
  • Competency-based Models
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+63%
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Which countries lead Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.4k and 444 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.4k works
  2. 2 China 444 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 363 works
  4. 4 India 188 works
  5. 5 Canada 177 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 162 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 154 works
  8. 8 Australia 140 works
  9. 9 South Africa 100 works
  10. 10 Germany 84 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 57.0%China: 10.5%Indonesia: 8.6%India: 4.5%6 others listed: 19.4%57%largest
United States2,399 · 57.0%China444 · 10.5%Indonesia363 · 8.6%India188 · 4.5%6 others listed816 · 19.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Purdue University West Lafayette publishes the most Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research, followed by Virginia Tech and Pennsylvania State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 90 works
  2. 2 Virginia Tech United States 69 works
  3. 3 Pennsylvania State University United States 58 works
  4. 4 Texas A&M University United States 36 works
  5. 5 The Ohio State University United States 35 works
  6. 6 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 34 works
  7. 7 University of Toronto Canada 34 works
  8. 8 Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico 34 works
  9. 9 State University of Padang Indonesia 34 works
  10. 10 Arizona State University United States 34 works

Where is Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research done?

The largest centres of Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research in 2022–2025 are West Lafayette (United States), Blacksburg (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and State College (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Glassboro.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 West Lafayette United States 90 works
  2. 2 Blacksburg United States 70 works
  3. 3 Washington D.C. United States 61 works
  4. 4 State College United States 58 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 52 works
  6. 6 Toronto Canada 45 works
  7. 7 Melbourne Australia 44 works
  8. 8 Padang Indonesia 43 works
  9. 9 Shah Alam Malaysia 39 works
  10. 10 Columbus United States 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GlassboroUS · 21.7 works35×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Engineering Education and Curriculum Development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Engineering Education and Curriculum Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Aalborg University and Virginia Tech score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 12.48%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tecnológico de Monterrey: 34, 11.2%Aalborg University: 23, 21.8%Virginia Tech: 69, 9.4%University at Buffalo, State University of New York: 22, 12.0%Yogyakarta State University: 20, 18.3%Purdue University West Lafayette: 90, 5.3%University of Johannesburg: 14, 20.9%The University of Texas at El Paso: 14, 9.0%Arizona State University: 34, 7.1%Technological University Dublin: 9, 9.8%Aalborg UniversityUniversity at Buffal…Tecnológico de Monte…Virginia Tech
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico 72.611.2%23.8×34 +244.8%
2Aalborg University Denmark 68.221.8%8.2×23 +11.5%
3Virginia Tech United States 64.99.4%23.0×69 +52.9%
4University at Buffalo, State University of New York United States 64.512.0%10.6×22 +143.1%
5Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 63.218.3%6.4×20 +656.9%
6Purdue University West Lafayette United States 62.65.3%17.3×90 +75.7%
7University of Johannesburg South Africa 61.220.9%4.0×14 +336.0%
8The University of Texas at El Paso United States 59.79.0%17.2×14 +205.2%
9Arizona State University United States 59.27.1%9.4×34 +133.6%
10Technological University Dublin Ireland 58.79.8%17.8×9 +308.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Engineering Education and Curriculum Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Engineering Education and Curriculum Development.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.