ConStruct

The Norway-Japan-China Consortium on Smart and Sustainable Road and Rail Infrastructure (ConStruct) project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in transport infrastructure engineering.

This project will bring along a team of experts to jointly address the imperative global demand for highly skilled professionals with a multidisciplinary profile and global vision via a research-based, student-oriented educational approach.

The partner universities include Oslo Metropolitan University, Ehime University, and Southwest Jiaotong University. Each university is paired with a non-academic partner, including Konnekt, Kajima Corporation, and China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group.

Such a collaboration will strengthen the quality and practicality of the educational outcomes, further foster in-depth collaborations between sectors for multidisciplinary educational excellence and innovations and widen employment opportunities for students.

ConStruct will enrich the learning experience of students by providing semester exchanges between universities and opportunities to work in the laboratories at partner institutions and write research thesis under joint supervision between partners.

Staff mobility will also be supported to facilitate joint development of courses, seminars and guest lectures, and implementation of innovative pedagogical methods. Moreover, summer schools comprising lectures, symposium presentations and excursions will be organized.

Expected project results include enriched study curriculum within transport infrastructure engineering, a series of seminars and summer schools, advanced training/mentoring of students with a global vision, joint project applications and publication of research results, and strengthened cooperation with non-academic partners.