European Partnership for Project and Innovation Management (EuroPIM)

Project-ID: 57421250

The aim of the European Partnership for Project and Innovation Management (EuroPIM), supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is to further extend and strengthen the existing relationship with four European universities into strategic partnerships. The universities in Bilbao (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain), Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium), Kaunas (KTU, Lithuania) and Trondheim (NTNU, Norway) are the cooperating partners of this project.

The foundation of the partnership is the European Master in Project Management (EuroMPM), which has been run by Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, UPV/EHU in Bilbao and NTNU in Trondheim since 2007. Since 2015, the network has been strategically expanded into an international Master’s School through additional degree programmes, two new partners (KU Leuven and KTU), and a dense sequence of interaction points (primarily short-term exchanges with corresponding teaching formats). This virtual, cross-border Master’s School is institutionalised through recurring events (annual academic calendar), the exchange of students and lecturers, and joint certificates of achievement (module certificates, double degrees).

Project Information

What you should now about the project?

Project period:
01.01.2015 – 31.12.2021

Project type:
DAAD funding programme: Strategic Partnerships and Thematic Networks (SPTN)

Grant holder:
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FH Dortmund)

Project coordinator:
Carsten Wolff

Contact:
Ekaterina Hermann

What is our scope, goals, and outcomes?

Project goals:

Development of a Cross-border Master School with academic programmes in project management, IT and engineering
Focus on the topics Innovation, Technology & Engineering Management, Projects
Development of a portfolio of event formats for collaboration and interaction, specifically the Dortmund International Research Conference (IRC) and the Summer School (ISC)
Internationalisation and digitisation of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Ruhr Master School (RMS).

Project outcomes:

Setup of a EuroPIM Project Office with event planning and organisation, annual calendar of events, information and organisation of exchange and learning activities
Setup of a didactic format “InnovationLab” as a portfolio of cross-border projects
Development of a specialisation (minor) in change management
Integration of KTU into the partnership
Development of a cross-border eLearning infrastructure
Integration of KU Leuven into the partnership
Lessons learnt and development of a cooperation agreement