Experiments of two-level training in Hungarian higher education

Abstract

An experiment designed to train engineering students to two levels of terminal achievement within single institutions is reported. The “operative engineers” (formerly high level technicians) qualify after three years whilst “research and development engineers” (fully qualified engineers) take five years. Organisational and curricular problems necessarily created by such integrated schemes are described and discussed. Social attitudes in society in general and in the student body in particular make the task of directing students towards the shorter form of training complex and difficult. From the experience gained so far it can confidently be asserted that the experiments in two-level training have been successful.