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placements in Agriculture remained
stable there was a 2% decrease in
Science, Architecture and Applied Arts.
Placements in Engineering show an
increase of more than 3% in 2011.
In 2011 the largest of the Engineering
Faculties was Mechanical Engineering
18%, followed by Computer Science
16%, Civil Engineering 12%, Electrical
Engineering 11%, Chemical Engineering
8%, Electronics 4%, Environmental
Engineering 4%, Industrial Engineering
3%, Telecommunications 3%,
Biotechnology 3%, Food Technology
Engineering and
Technology
66.2%
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3% and Aeronautical Engineering 2%.
Indeed there was significant increase
in the number of Environmental
Engineering, Bioengineering,
Biotechnology and Food Technology
placements. Automotive Engineering
fared much better this year but the
majority of traditional Engineering
placements decreased. Placements in
Veterinary and Environmental Science
and Hotel Management saw an increase
in numbers in 2011.
Sub-dividing the Engineering groups
gives us the breakdown between the
major participating disciplines as shown
on Figure 7.
Figure 8 shows major science
disciplines in 2011.
Nationality: The majority of students
participating in the IAESTE exchange are
citizens of IAESTE Member countries.
Some are from non-Member countries
and are studying abroad at Educational
Institutions co-operating with IAESTE.
In 2011, 105 students with different
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nationalities to the sending country
received places on the programme. Of
these 12 were from the non-Member
countries. Six IAESTE countries
exchanged students directly with
non-Members countries that included:
Cameroon, Indonesia, Liechtenstein,
Figure 4. Training Specialities based on Trainees received
There was signifi cant increase in the number
of Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering
and Biotechnology placements
Science
15.8%
Architecture and
other Applied Arts
9.2%
Agriculture
1.9%
Others
6.9%
Luxemburg, Morocco, Moldavia,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine
and Somalia.
Work experience positions on
offer in 2011
Figure 5 indicates the training periods
for 2011 with 52.8% of trainees on a
Less than 3
months mont
27.9%
6-8 week placement with 27.9% on
placements lasting between 8-12 weeks.
The number of trainees to benefit
from long-term placements represents
19.3% of total placements in 2011, a
slight decrease from 2010 can be seen
on figure 6.
Most of the training takes place in the
period June to September and coincides
with the Northern Hemisphere vacation
period. In the Southern Hemisphere,
opportunities are available between
October and April. 43 Members and
Co-operating Institutions are now in
a position to offer long term training
opportunities while 31 offer training
throughout the year.
The majority of the work placements
are exchanged during the Annual
Conference in January on a bilateral
basis but thanks to the development
of the IAESTE IntraWeb the exchange
can continue after this meeting. New
and unused Offers can be put on the
IntraWeb at any time by Members
and Co-operating Institutions
and this ensures that IAESTE can
accommodate students and employer
Offers as they arise.
Categories of Offers: IAESTE
classify placements as Research and
Development (D) indicating work of
a laboratory nature; Professional (P)
Figure 5. Training Periods
1 - 2 months ths
52.8%
3 - 6 months
13.6%
6 - 12 months
5.4%
More than 12
months
0.3%