Andrew Bianco represent the European Unit of the University of Malta. The European Unit enters into partnership in European projects of diverse fields in research and education. Project work is then delegated to University experts capable of completing the project tasks. A brief profile of the University focusing mainly on the Engineering Sciences is at the end of this message. More extensive information about the University and the European Unit is available from our websites: www.um.edu.mt http://www.eu-unit.um.edu.mt/home.html For more information Andrew Bianco European Unit University of Malta Tel: +356 2340 3180 ou le NCP de Malte eten@gov.mt Pour ne savoir plus sur l'université de malte The University of Malta Today, the University of Malta is a broad-based educational institution which has ten faculties: Architecture & Civil Engineering; Arts; Dental Surgery; Economics, Management & Accountancy; Education; Engineering; Laws; Medicine & Surgery; Science; Theology. There are also several institutes which cater, in an interdisciplinary way, for special interest areas. Its academic staff, who number approximately 550, participate regularly in both local and international research projects. Many of them have taken part or are, at present, participating in FP5 projects. Resources in research and education are the most important growth-stimulating instruments today. In the context of EU enlargement, they are one of the most important ways in which societies and regions can be connected. The administrative set up of the University of Malta involves a number of academic and non-academic staff members who are appointed or elected to the various governing bodies of the University. The principal officers of the University are the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Rector, the Pro-Rectors, the Registrar, the Deans of the Faculties as well as the Finance Officer and the Librarian. The main governing bodies are the Council, the Senate and the Faculty Boards The Faculty of Engineering is located on the main university campus, providing instruction and supervision to about 250 students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Faculty runs a number of laboratories including electrical power and machines, telecommunications, control, electronics and IC design, metallurgy and materials, CAD, manufacturing, industrial automation, industrial metrology, fluids, mechanics, and thermodynamics. The academic staff members of the Faculty are divided into six departments: Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Electrical Power and Control Engineering, Microelectronics, and Communications and Computer Engineering. The Faculty Members are active in research as well as in engineering consulting and some hold key positions in several industries and institutions around the country. The Department of Communications and Computer Engineering developed from the split in 1995 from the then Electrical Engineering Department. The focus has been the area of information engineering encompassing computer systems and communication systems. The Department is therefore responsible for this area within the B.Eng. degree as well as within the B.Sc. I.T. degree. The research objective of this department is to study the efficient, secure and reliable transmission of speech, image, video and other data sources over various communication channels, with special emphasis on mobile channels. The Ministers responsible for higher education in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy, during the Sorbonne Declaration committed themselves to encourage a common frame of reference for Higher Education in order to improve external recognition of degrees and facilitate student mobility. The Joint Declaration on "The European Higher Education Area" adopted by 29 European education Ministers and Head of Institutes, in Bologna on 19 June 1999 lists the objectives known collectively as the Bologna Declaration. The fact that the Bologna Declaration is the key to successful educational reform has long been recognised by the University of Malta. Through the commitment that the University is constantly showing towards the Bologna Declaration, it is evident that Malta currently is an active participant, a healthy partner and an influential figure in the building of the European Higher Education area. Indeed, Malta will strive to continue to be both beneficiary and contributor to the development of Higher Education in Europe in the forthcoming years. In an effort to enhance the cultural integration of Maltese students, the University of Malta has invested substantially in improving the quality and the "European dimension" within its Faculties and Institutions. The international strategy of the University is centred on the credence that international representation in Higher Education plays a central role in the development of both human beings and modern societies as this enhances social, cultural and economic development, active citizenship and ethical values. www.um.edu.mt Andrew Bianco Ce message vous est diffusé par Patrick SCHOULLER NCP français du programme ETEN www.telecom.gouv.fr/eten patrick.schouller@industrie.gouv.fr Patrick SCHOULLER Ministère de l'Economie des Finances et de l'Industrie DIGITIP - STSI Représentant national aux comités des programmes IST, E-TEN, E-CONTENT, SIAP Point de contact national E-TEN et SIAP