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European Activities in Nanoscience Education and Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Marie-Isabelle Baraton ,
Raymond Monk  and
Renzo Tomellini
Marie-Isabelle Baraton
Affiliation:
baraton@unilim.fr, Faculty of Sciences, University of Limoges, SPCTS – UMR CNRS 6638, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, Limoges, N/A, 87060, France
Raymond Monk
Affiliation:
Raymond.Monk@cec.eu.int, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Industrial Technologies Directorate, Brussels, N/A, 1049, Belgium
Renzo Tomellini
Affiliation:
Renzo.Tomellini@cec.eu.int, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Industrial Technologies Directorate, Brussels, N/A, 1049, Belgium
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Abstract

This paper reviews salient features of the European initiatives to promote education in the field of nanosciences and nanotechnologies. Not only funding issues but also inherent cultural specificities are taken into account to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the European model to take up the challenge of the global economy. Multidisciplinarity and mobility of researchers appear to be key to foster excellence, whereas a reappraisal of curricula is necessary.

Keywords

nanoscalenanostructuremixture
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 931: Symposium KK – Education in Nanoscience and Engineering , 2006 , 0931-KK05-01
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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