World Bank2014-01-102014-01-102013-04-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16562The central and state governments of India have been pursuing several reforms in the higher education sector. In engineering education, the government has already embarked on several reforms within the current legislative framework. Given this dynamic momentum, the engineering education sector in India is expected to receive a significant boost over the next few years. It is therefore timely to take stock and review the position of the sector internationally. This study thus aims to provide the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and relevant stakeholders with key facts, reliable data, and the results of relevant international comparisons to establish a common ground and to help in measuring the performance of the current engineering education system in India. The government also recognizes the importance of lessons that may be learned from the other Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, and China (BRIC) countries, and these countries were therefore selected for the comparison. This report is organized as follows: section one gives introduction; section two briefly discusses the background of both general higher education and engineering education in India. Section three reviews earlier comparative studies on international engineering education. Section four describes the scope of the study. Section five explains the methodology of data collection and identifies the data sources. Section six outlines the analysis of the collected data and the findings. Section seven presents conclusions. The appendixes describe the engineering education systems of the various countries examined in the study, the related challenges and opportunities, and the future policy goals in each country.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC DEGREESACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATIONACCREDITATIONACHIEVEMENTADDITIONAPPLIED RESEARCHARTSATTRIBUTESAUTOMATIONBASICCAREERCAREERSCIVIL SOCIETYCOLLEGE ADMINISTRATIONCOLLEGESCOMPARATIVE STUDYCOMPUTER ENGINEERINGCOMPUTER SCIENCECOMPUTINGCURRICULACURRICULUMDATA SOURCESDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDEGREESDEMAND FOR ENGINEERSDIPLOMASDISCIPLINESDISTANCE LEARNINGDOCTORAL DEGREESDOCTORAL PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION STANDARDSEDUCATION STATISTICSEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL POLICIESEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEDUCATIONAL STANDARDSEDUCATIONAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESENGINEERINGENGINEERING EDUCATIONENROLLMENT RATIOEQUIPMENTEXPENDITURESFACULTY MEMBERSFOREIGN EDUCATIONFURTHER EDUCATIONFUTURE RESEARCHGEOGRAPHYGRADUATE STUDENTSHEALTH CAREHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION ENROLLMENTHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHIGHER EDUCATION SECTORHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUMANITIESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSTITUTES OF SCIENCEINSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONINSTRUCTIONINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTERNATIONAL STUDENTSINTERVENTIONSINVENTIONSJOB MARKETKNOWLEDGE PRODUCTIONLABOR FORCELEARNING OUTCOMESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLITERATURELITERATURE REVIEWSMATHEMATICAL SCIENCESMATHEMATICSMEANINGMEDICAL EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONNATIONAL UNIVERSITIESOCCUPATIONSOUTSOURCINGPAPERSPEDAGOGYPEER REVIEWPHYSICAL SCIENCESPOLYTECHNICSPOSTGRADUATE STUDENTSPRIVATE COLLEGESPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESPRIVATE UNIVERSITYPROFESSIONAL DEGREEPROFESSORSPUBLISHINGQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRESEARCH CAPACITYRESEARCH COLLABORATIONRESEARCH FUNDINGRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESEARCH PERFORMANCERESEARCH UNIVERSITIESRESEARCH UNIVERSITYRESEARCHERSROBOTICSSCHOOLSSCIENCE EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSHORTAGE OF FACULTYSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL SCIENCESSPORTSSTAFF SALARIESSTATE UNIVERSITIESSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT STIPENDSTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGY SECTORTERTIARY EDUCATIONTUITIONTUITION FEESUNDERGRADUATESUNIVERSITY ENROLLMENTSUNIVERSITY GRANTSUNIVERSITY STUDENTSUNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPSWEBSITESWorld Bank10.1596/16562