Preparing Students of Technical Universities for the Transition to a Professional Environment

This paper introduces a European project aimed at better preparation of students preparing for graduation from technical universities for their transition from academia into a real work environment. Simultaneously, the students should be supported in acquiring new skills and abilities that are typically not included in the curricula of technical universities, but will be desirable or even necessary in their academic, professional, and personal lives later. We are focusing on two aspects of this problem. The first one involves identification of missing topics in the curricula at technical universities, including wider areas of mental health, sustainability, and multiculturalism. The second one describes a new approach to education based on pure e-learning (not blended learning) and relying on the innovative principles of next-generation educational materials that are becoming known as x-learning.