Current and Future Challenges

Recent curriculum development activities and plans for the coming years include:

·         The development of the Bachelor and Master study programmes by transforming them into competence based and internationally competitive programmes;

·         The achievement of innovatory study processes.

The content and implementation of curricula are continuously analysed and assessed both at the department and at the academy levels. An important source of information for these activities is the recommendations of the alumni, employees and external experts.

The rector's office and academic staff of the EAMT have studied carefully the recommendations made by the expert 2007 accreditation team. The EAMT Development Plan for 2005-2009 places emphasis upon continued re-organisation and further development of the curricula, paying special attention to developing outputs of curricula on different levels. Collaboration with other higher education institutions and the Ministry of Education and Research is seen to be an important part of this. There is also a focus upon participating in EU collaborative projects for starting the interdisciplinary joint curricula. Two major curriculum issues are currently being discussed at the EAMT:

·         The question of what would be better for EAMT, a 4+1 system or 3+2 system? The current 4+1 system certainly has some strong points but it also creates some major problems on the Masters level, such as comparability with other institutions and possibilities for student exchanges etc.

·         How to develop interdisciplinary joint curricula and an international summer semester? EU Intensive Projects in August 2005-2007 have established good grounds for starting with international summer semesters. Different options for joint curricula such as conducting, electronic and multimedia composition and cultural management, have also been intensively discussed.