CDIO are trademarked initiali for Conceive Design Implement Operate. The CDIO Initiative is an educational framework that stresses engineering fundamentals set in the context of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating real-world systems and products. Throughout the world, CDIO Initiative collaborators have adopted CDIO as the framework of their curricular planning and outcome-based assessment. The CDIO approach uses active learning tools, such as group projects and problem-based learning, to better equip engineering students with technical knowledge as well as communication and professional skills. Additionally, the CDIO Initiative provides resources for instructors of member universities to improve their teaching abilities.

Concept

The CDIO concept was originally conceived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1990s. In 2000, MIT in collaboration with three Swedish universities — Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University and the

Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technolo ...

— formally founded the CDIO Initiative. It became an international collaboration, with universities around the world adopting the same framework. CDIO collaborators recognize that an engineering education is acquired over a long period and in a variety of institutions, and that educators in all parts of this spectrum can learn from practice elsewhere. The CDIO network therefore welcomes members in a diverse range of institutions ranging from research-led internationally acclaimed universities to local colleges dedicated to providing students with their initial grounding in engineering. The collaborators maintain a dialogue about what works and what does not and continue to refine the project. Determining additional members of the collaboration is a selective process managed by a Council comprising original members and early adopters. The CDIO revised syllabus consists of four parts: # Disciplinary knowledge and reasoning # Personal and professional skills and attributes # Interpersonal skills: teamwork and communication # Conceiving, designing, implementing, and operating systems in the enterprise, societal, and environmental context

Members

The following institutions collaborate in the CDIO initiative: Australia * Chisholm Institute, Centre for Integrated Engineering & Science *

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

* Queensland University of Technology *

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

* University of Sydney * University of the Sunshine Coast Brasil * Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo (UNISAL) * Instituto Militar de Engenharia * Universidade Federal de Santa Maria * Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará - CESUPA Belgium * Hogeschool Gent * Group T - International University College Leuven Canada * École Polytechnique de Montréal *

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

, Ontario * Sheridan College * University of Calgary * University of Manitoba Chile * Catholic University of the Holy Conception * University of Chile * University of Los Lagos * University of Santiago, Chile China * Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology * Beijing Jiaotong University * Chengdu University of Information Technology * Shantou University *Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Vocational Technology * Tsinghua University * University of Electronic Science and Technology of China *

Yanshan University Yanshan University () is a university in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China under the provincial government. It has a student population of 39,000 and a staff population of 3,200 (2,058 are teachers, including 413 full professors and 630 associate prof ...

Colombia *

ICESI University Icesi University ( es, Universidad Icesi. Originally the initials of Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores de Incolda, «Colombian Institute of Higher Studies of Incolda») is a private university located in Cali, Colombia Santiago de Ca ...

National University of Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Ces ...

* Pontifical Xavierian University * University of Antioquia * University of Santo Tomas * University of Quindío Denmark * Aalborg University *

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

* Technical University of Denmark Finland * Lahti University of Applied Sciences * Lapland University of Applied Sciences * Metropolia University of Applied Sciences *

Novia University of Applied Sciences The Novia University of Applied Sciences ( sv, Yrkeshögskolan Novia) is an institution of higher professional education (vocational university) in Finland. It offers Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's and Master's degree, Master's degree programmes i ...

* Savonia University of Applied Sciences *

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences The Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK; fi, Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulu) is a multidisciplinary non-profit government dependent higher education institution and an efficient actor in education and research, development and innova ...

* Tampere University of Applied Sciences *

Turku University of Applied Sciences Turku University of Applied Sciences (abbr. ''TUAS'', Finnish ''Turun ammattikorkeakoulu'') is a multidisciplinary higher education institution, located in the city of Turku and Salo ithe Southwest Finland The institute began operations as a tem ...

* University of Turku France * École Supérieure d'Informatique du CESI * IMT Atlantique (formerly Telecom Bretagne) Germany * Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena * Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences Technology, Business and Design *

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

Honduras * Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana UNITEC Iceland * Reykjavík University India * Vel Tech University Ireland *

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

* University of Limerick Israel *

Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering 250px, Aerial photo of Afeka Afeka is a neighborhood in the north of the city of Tel Aviv, located north of the Yarkon river, which was established by the commanders of the Haganah for their families. The neighborhood is bordered in the east by ...

* SCE Shamoon College of Engineering Italy * Politecnico di Milano Japan *

Hokkaido Information University is a private university in Ebetsu, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. It was initially established in April 1968 with the name Hokkaido Electronics Computer School. Since 1989, Hokkaido Information University became the officially adopt ...

* Kanazawa Institute of Technology * Kanazawa Technical College * National Institute of Technology, Kisarazu College * National Institute of Technology, Anan College Malaysia *

Ungku Omar Polytechnic Ungku Omar Polytechnic (PUO; ms, Politeknik Premier Ungku Omar) is a polytechnic situated at Jalan Dairy (Jalan Raja Musa Mahadi), Ipoh which was named after the Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad. It was established by the Malaysian Ministry of Educat ...

Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic (PIS; ms, Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan) is a polytechnics in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia (the ninth institution established). The polytechnic specialises in technical studies, with separate departments for the ...

* Taylor's University * Universiti Teknologi MARA Mongolia * Mongolian University of Science and Technology Netherlands * Hague University of Applied Science * Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology * University of Twente New Zealand * University of Auckland Norway *

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

Østfold University College Østfold University College ( no, Høgskolen i Østfold, HiØ) is a university college in Viken county, Norway. It has campuses in Fredrikstad and Halden, and has around 7000 students (as of 2017) and 550 employees (as of 2017). The university c ...

Philippines * Bulacan State University * University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines Poland * Gdańsk University of Technology Portugal *

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Polytechnic of Porto - School of Engineering (ISEP) is a public polytechnic higher learning and research engineering institute, located in the city of Porto, Portugal. ISEP is divided in 8 departments, with an emphasis on applied science and t ...

Russia * Astrakhan State University * Bauman Moscow State Technical University * Cherepovets State University *

Don State Technical University Don State Technical University (; ''Donskoi gosudarstvenny tehnicheski universitet'') is a university in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. History Don State Technical University was established on May 20, 1930. It was originally named ''North Caucasus I ...

* Kazan Federal University * Moscow Aviation Institute * Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology * National Research Nuclear University MEPhI *

North-Eastern Federal University The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian: ''Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова''; in Sakha: ''М. К. Аммуоhа� ...

* Orel State University * Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation * Siberian Federal University * Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology * Tomsk Polytechnic University *

Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (russian: Томский государственный университет систем управления и радиоэлектроники, abbreviated as TUSUR) is a public ...

* Ural Federal University Singapore * Nanyang Polytechnic * Singapore Polytechnic South Africa * University of Johannesburg * University of Pretoria South Korea * Inje University Spain *

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya The Technical University of Catalonia ( ca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, , es, link=no, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña; UPC), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spai ...

* Technical University of Madrid Sweden * Blekinge Institute of Technology * Chalmers University of Technology *

Jönköping School of Engineering The Jönköping School of Engineering is one of four schools which form Jönköping University. The School of Engineering was formally established in 1994 but has a history that dates back to 1975. In 2006 about 2,500 students attend the school ...

Kristianstad University The Kristianstad University ( sv, Högskolan Kristianstad) is a university college (''högskola'') in Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish ''Christianstad'') is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania C ...

* Linköping University * Linnaeus University * Luleå University of Technology *

* Umeå Institute of Technology * University of Skövde * University West Taiwan * Feng Chia University Thailand * Chulalongkorn University (Faculty of Engineering) *

Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (abbreviated as RMUTT; th, มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลธัญบุรี) has been established in the Rajamangala University of Technology ...

Tunisia * École supérieure privée d'ingénierie et de technologie United Kingdom *''England'' ** Aston University **

Lancaster University Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

** University of Bristol ** University of Chichester ** University of Leeds ** University of Leicester ** University of Liverpool *''Scotland'' ** University of Strathclyde *''Northern Ireland'' **

Queen's University Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

** South Eastern Regional College ** Ulster University United States of America *

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest un ...

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

* Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University * Massachusetts Institute of Technology *

Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, DOD ci ...

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

U.S. Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of ...

* University of Arkansas * University of Colorado * University of Michigan * University of Notre Dame-College of Engineering Vietnam *

Dalat University Dalat University or the University of Dalat ( vi, Đại học Đà Lạt, links=no, french: Université de Dalat, links=no; formerly ''Viện Đại học Đà Lạt'') is a university in the city of Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam. The ...

* Duy Tan University * Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City * Vinh University

Literature

CDIO currently has two guide books: ''Rethinking Engineering Education'' and ''Think Like an Engineer''.

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