EDUCATION & TRAINING

The growing worldwide demand for systems engineers in many application domains exceeds the available supply. Most practicing systems engineers do not have a formal systems engineering education but learned systems engineering “on the job”. Many large enterprises have initiated internal training programs to further develop their workforce.

An increasing number of universities and training providers teach systems engineering, but the number of students is small when compared to other engineering disciplines. Various guidelines for curricula harmonization and competence categorizations have recently been defined as part of international efforts to broadly stimulate systems engineering education. Various programs have been initiated to attract new students to the study of systems engineering. The significance of systems thinking is also being recognized and taught in other disciplines.