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TEMPUS project (TransITS)
Advanced Curriculum on Intelligent Transport System (ITS) by Means of ICT
A Success Story Coordinated by Syria and Sweden
Ghazwan Al-Haji, PhDDepartment of Science and Technology
LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY, [email protected]
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Outline
• About Linköping University• About our TEMPUS and other projects
in MEDA region.• About the TransITS project, workplan
and progress to date
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Linköping University
One University – Two Cities
One of the top-ten IT-regions in Europe according to Eurostat.Linköping, a high-tech city
in a cultural setting.
Norrköping, an old industrial town on its way to a knowledge economy.
Four FacultiesInstitute of
Technology Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
EducationalSciences
Linköping University
Students 26,000
PhD students 1,300
Employees 3,500
300 full professors,
~150 dissertations/year
35 Master’s programmes in English
LiU is quite successful in TEMPUS Program projects
Our projects with MEDA region• Curriculum Development in Intelligent Transport System
(TransIT). • 2009-2011, TEMPUS, LiU is the grant holder, SY partner country
• Enterprise-University Partnership. • 2009-2011, TEMPUS, LiU is EU partner, EG partner country
• Curriculum Development in Road Safety, Supported with ICT (SafeIT).• 2008-2010, TEMPUS, LiU is the grant holder, SY partner country
• Jordan-Sweden Research Links in Child Pedestrian Safety. – 2008-2011, Swedish Research Council
• Linnaues- Palme Project for exchanging of students and teachers with Aleppo University in Syria. – 2007-present, SIDA- The Swedish Agency for International
Development Cooperation.
WHAT is ITS?
• Intelligent transport systems (ITS) are systems that integrate Information Technology and telecommunication with roads infrastructure and vehicles, with the aim to satisfy transportation goals in terms of efficiency, mobility, safety, energy and environmental impact.
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WHY ITS?
• ITS proved internationally to provide economic growth and social development in any country• There is an increasing demand for traffic engineers and traffic planners with knowledge about applying ITS for designing, analysing and evaluating the performance of the complex transport systems. • There is no advanced modern courses in ITS at any Syrian Universities yet.
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ITS master programmes at EU Partner Universities
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About the project• Type of the project: TEMPUS-programme project
• Duration of the project: 3 years
• Eligibility period: 15/01/2009-14/01/2012
• Grant amount: € 575,710.00 (without co-financing)
This project is financed by the European Commission
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Consortium partners
Linköping University, Sweden (Grant Holder & coordinator)
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
University of Klagenfurt, Austria
The Technological Institute of Piraeus (TEI), Greece
ITS Arab
Scott Wilson, UK
Syrian Engineering Association
University of Aleppo, Syria (Local Coordinator)
The Municipality of Homs, Syria
Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
Tishreen University, Syria
Damascus University, Syria
Ministry for Transport, Syria
Mamoun Private University, Syria
The Municipality of Aleppo, Syria
Overall Project Objective• The project will establish and implement a
Curriculum for a pilot Master Programme in ITS at Aleppo University.
• in addition new single subject course in ITS will be developed, with credits, in the other four targeting Universities in Syria.
Notes• The development will be based on successful
expertise available at EU Universities. • The courses will be adapted to SY higher
education system and transport/traffic situation.
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The other project Key outcomes• Different information and communication
technologies (ICT) will be incorporated in the new curriculum. The course materials (e.g. lectures, demonstrations, student reports, etc) will be made available over the master programme and courses’ websites.
• New teaching methods, based on understanding rather than memorisation e.g. the problem-based learning (PBL).
• Training and re-training of teachers’/administrative staff skills from each SY Partner University regarding the new curriculum in ITS, ICT and teaching methods.
The other project Key outcomes• The project will establish an advanced ITS Lab in
Aleppo University.• A centralised web-based application and
admission system where students can apply and register electronically to the new ITS master’s programme.
• To improve the linkage between practice and research in ITS between SY universities and Ministries/Municipalities/Companies/etc.
• To organise a concluding project scientific conference in ITS in Syria at national and regional levels.
• To explore the possibility of having joint or double Master’s degree in ITS between the SY and EU participants’ universities.
The agreed outline of the master programme in ITS at Aleppo University
Duration: 4 semesters- Two Years Master programCourse start: October 2011 (was accepted by the MOHE)Rate of study: Full time Language of Instruction: Arabic/EnglishRequirements: - Degree (Bachelor) in Civil Engineering. - Pass an interview and/or written test- Have good language skills in English- Knowledge of computer programming is preferable
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The first semester contains the following courses: Course 1: Advanced Academic Studies and Research Methodology (Responsible: Aleppo and Al-Baath Universities) Course 2: Optimization and Advanced Statistics (Responsible: Aleppo University)Course 3: Traffic Simulation and Models (Responsible: Klagenfurt University)Course 4: Fundamentals of Communication Systems I (Responsible: Al-Mamoun University)Course 5: Fundamentals of Intelligent Transport Systems (Responsible: LiU)Course 6: GIS and Positioning Systems in Transportation (Responsible: LiU and TEI)
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The second semester contains the following courses: Course 7: Graph Theory and Algorithms for ITS (Responsible: Klagenfurt University) Course 8: Transport System Planning and Sustainability (Responsible: GUT and Damascus University)Course 9: Traffic Engineering and Control (Responsible: Tishreen University)Course 10: Telecommunication Systems (Responsible: Klagenfurt University)Course 11: Traffic Safety System (Responsible: LiU)Course 12: Transport Project Management (Responsible: Aleppo University and Individual Expert Dr. Bachar Hakim).)
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The second year: Two semester Research work.
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The project is implemented in four phases
1. Current curriculum analysis (from Month 1 to Month 6).
2. Development of a new curriculum (from Month 7 to Month 18).
3. Realisation of the new curriculum (from Month 12 to Month 24).
4. Implementation and evaluation (from Month 25 to Month 36).
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Structure of Project
Month 1 M6 M18 M24 M36
Current curriculum
analysis Development of a new master
program/courses in ITS , integrating ICT and new teaching
methods
Realisation of the new curriculum and
announce it
Implementation and evaluation
of the new curriculum
We are here
M12 M30
Start up of the new master’s programme
Oct 2011
15/01/2009
15/01/2012
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Structure of Project
Month 1 M6 M18 M24 M36
Current curriculum
analysis Development of a new master
program/courses in ITS , integrating ICT and new teaching
methods
Realisation of the new curriculum and
announce it
Implementation and evaluation
of the new curriculum
We are here
M12 M30
15/01/2009
15/07/2012
Start up of the new master’s programme
Oct 2011
M40
15/01/2012
Extension
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Project main workshops carried out
• Kick-off workshop: at Al-Baath University, FEB 2009• Consortium workshop: at Tishreen University, SEP 2009• Consortium workshop: at TEI Institute in Athens, FEB 2010•Consortium workshop: at Linköping University in SEP 2010• Training workshop in SY: at Aleppo University in DEC 2010• Consortium workshop: at Klagenfurt University in FEB 2011•…
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للمتابعة شكراThank You
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