Minor in Sustainable Design for Engineering Education: Experience at UPC Barcelona Tech

Sustainability and internationalization are key factors within educational programmes and institutions nowadays. Offering programmes that focus on these factors at undergraduate level has been a priority at the Schoolof Engineering of Vilanova i la Geltru (EPSEVG), Barcelona , and since 2012, it has run the International Design Project Semester (IDPS) Erasmus mobility programme. IDPS trains engineering design students by applying Project Based Learning in intercultural groups. The working language is English and the programme is designed for bachelor degree students in their 7th or 8th semester. The IDPS programme offered at the EPSEVG emphaises the indtroduction of competences in sustainability andhuman technology.